hemlock

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• /ˈhɛmˌlɒk/
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All places are presumably named after the North American tree, which is non-poisonous.

From Middle English hemlok, hemeluc, from Old English hemlīc, hymlīc m and hymlīce f (“hemlock, bryony, convolvulus”), of uncertain origin. speculative etymology Compare Old English hymele (“hop-vine, hops”), Old English humele (“bryony, widerton, hair moss, gold-hair, morning glory”), Danish and Swedish humle (“hops”), Icelandic humall (“hops”). Perhaps from Scythian, from Proto-Iranian *háwHmah (“ephedra; juice”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sáwHmas from Proto-Indo-European *sewh1- (“to press out, extract”). ;cognates * (from Sarmato-Scythian *haumala) Ossetian хумӕллӕг (xumællæg, “hops”) * (from Sarmato-Scythian *hauma) Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬊𐬨𐬀 (haoma), Baluchi [script needed] (hum), Persian هوم (hôm)) * (from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sauma) Sanskrit सोम (soma)) More at suck.

91 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: kukutë — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Albanian: magunë — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Amharic: ሄምሎክ (hemlok) — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Arabic: شَوْكَرَان (šawkarān) — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Armenian: մոլեխինդ (molexind) — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Old Armenian: մոլախինդ (molaxind) — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Aromanian: cucutã — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Belarusian: балігало́ў (balihalów) — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Belarusian: о́мег (ómjeh) — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Belarusian: аме́жнік (amjéžnik) — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Bulgarian: бучини́ш (bučiníš) — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Bulgarian: мангу́на (mangúna) — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Catalan: cicuta — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Chinese Mandarin: 毒芹 (dúqín) — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Chinese Mandarin: 毒参 (dúcān) — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Cornish: kegis — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Cornish: kegisen — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Czech: bolehlav — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Danish: skarntyde — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Dutch: scheerling — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Finnish: katko — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Finnish: myrkkykatko — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• French: ciguë — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Galician: canafrecha — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• German: Schierling — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• German: Gefleckter Schierling — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• German: Fleckenschierling — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Greek: κώνειο (kóneio) — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Greek: κιρκούτα (kirkoúta) — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Ancient Greek: κώνειον (kṓneion) — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Greek: μαγγοῦνα (mangoûna) — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Greek: μαγκοῦνα (mankoûna) — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Greek: μαγγοῦτα (mangoûta) — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Greek: μαγκοῦτα (mankoûta) — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Hebrew: רֹאשׁ (rōš) — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Hungarian: bürök — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Italian: cicuta — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Japanese: 毒人参 (dokuninjin) — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Kazakh: убалдырған (ubaldyrğan) — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Korean: 독당근 (dokdanggeun) — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Latin: cicūta — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Lithuanian: mauda — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Macedonian: бу́чумиш (búčumiš) — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Persian: شوکران (šawkarân) — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Polish: szczwół — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Portuguese: cicuta — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Romanian: cucută — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Russian: болиголо́в (boligolóv) — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Russian: оме́г (omég) — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Scottish Gaelic: i-teodha — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Scottish Gaelic: a-theodha — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Scottish Gaelic: de-theodha — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Serbo-Croatian: ку̀кута — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Serbo-Croatian: kùkuta — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Slovene: míšjak — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Spanish: cicuta — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Turkish: baldıran (tr) — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Turkish: ağı otu — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Ottoman Turkish: بالدران (baldıran) — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Ukrainian: болиголо́в (bolyholóv) — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Ukrainian: оме́г (oméh) — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Ukrainian: оме́жник (oméžnyk) — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Volapük: konid — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Volapük: stenöfakonid — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Volapük: konidavenen — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Welsh: cegid — poisonous plant of genus Conium
• Finnish: katkon myrkky — poison
• Finnish: myrkkykatkon myrkky — poison
• Polish: cykuta — poison
• Catalan: tsuga — tree
• Chinese Mandarin: 鐵杉 /铁杉 (tiěshān) — tree
• Czech: jedlovec — tree
• Danish: hemlock — tree
• Danish: skarntydegran — tree
• Dutch: hemlockspar — tree
• Esperanto: cugo — tree
• Estonian: tsuuga — tree
• Finnish: hemlokki — tree
• French: pruche — tree
• German: Hemlocktanne — tree
• German: Schierlingstanne — tree
• Japanese: ツガ (tsuga) — tree
• Japanese: 栂 (tsuga) — tree
• Norwegian: hemlokk — tree
• Polish: choina — tree
• Portuguese: tsuga — tree
• Russian: тсу́га (tsúga) — tree
• Spanish: falso abeto — tree
• Swedish: hemlockgran — tree
• Turkish: suga — tree
• Ukrainian: тсу́га (tsúha) — tree