Etymology of the English word shawm
the English word
shawmderived from the English word
shalmyederived from the Old French word
chalemiederived from the Old French word
chalemelderived from the Latin word
calamellus (small, little reed, pen)
derived from the Late Latin word
calamus (branch; arm; branch of a candelabrum; reed, cane; reed pen)
derived from the Greek word
kalamos, κάλαμος (a reed (the plant or its stem, or that of a similar plant); by implication, a pen)
Date
The earliest known usage of shawm in English dates from the 14th century.
Cognates
French
chalumeau, German
Schalmei, Icelandic
skálmei, Provençal
calamel, Spanish
caramillo, Swedish
skalmejaUsage
Word found in Modern English
