tammi.
oak (any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus)
Meaning & usage
oak (any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus)
pedunculate oak, Quercus robur
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Finnic *tammi (compare Estonian tamm, Karelian tammi, Livonian täm), from Proto-Finno-Permic *tamme (compare Erzya тумо (tumo), Eastern Mari тумо (tumo)), possibly ultimately of substrate origin.
checkers, draughts (boardgame)
king (doubled piece in checkers)
Where this word comes from
< Swedish damspel, dam (“checkers”) < French dame (“king: doubled piece in checkers”)
heart, core, axis
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Swedish stam (“trunk of a tree, archaically also axis”)
synonym of pato (“dam”)
Where this word comes from
< Swedish damm (“dam”)
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