{"id":1773,"date":"2022-02-26T13:36:20","date_gmt":"2022-02-26T13:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=1773"},"modified":"2022-02-28T13:09:48","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T13:09:48","slug":"adventures-in-etymology-timber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=1773","title":{"rendered":"Adventures in Etymology &#8211; Timber"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Adventures in Etymology &amp;#8211; Timber\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-02-26T13:36:20+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this week's Adventures in Etymology we\u2019re exploring the origins of the word timber.\n\n\n\nTimber [\u02c8t\u026amb\u0259\/\u02c8t\u026amb\u025a] means:\n\n \tTrees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.\n \tWood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction.\n \tA heavy wo...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/timber.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9670\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1773-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/timber.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/timber.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/timber.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/timber.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=1773-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/timber.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"timber.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this week&#8217;s <strong>Adventures in Etymology<\/strong> we\u2019re exploring the origins of the word <strong>timber<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/omniglot\/51905350279\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"Studio \/ Stwdio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51905350279_6c5da22d07_z.jpg\" alt=\"Studio \/ Stwdio\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Timber<\/strong> [\u02c8t\u026amb\u0259\/\u02c8t\u026amb\u025a] means:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.<\/li>\n<li>Wood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction.<\/li>\n<li>A heavy wooden beam, generally a whole log that has been squared off and used to provide heavy support for something such as a roof.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It comes from the Middle English <strong>tymber\/timber<\/strong> (timber), from the Old English <strong>timber<\/strong> [\u02c8tim.ber] (timber, a building, the act of building), from the Proto-Germanic <em>*timr\u0105<\/em> [\u02c8tim.r\u0251\u0303] (building, timber), from the PIE <em>*dem-<\/em> (to build) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/timber#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words from the same Proto-Germanic root include <strong>timmeren<\/strong> (to build, put together) in Dutch, <strong>Zimmer<\/strong> [\u02c8t\u0361s\u026am\u0250] (room) in German, <strong>timmer<\/strong> (timber) in Swedish, and <strong>timbur<\/strong> (wood, timber) in Icelandic [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic\/timr%C4%85\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words from the same PIE root include <strong>domus<\/strong> (house, home) in Latin, <strong>duomo<\/strong> [\u02c8dw\u0254.mo] (cathedral) in Italian, <strong>\u0434\u043e\u043c<\/strong> [dom] (house, building, home) in Russian and most other Slavic languages, and <strong>dome<\/strong>, <strong>domestic<\/strong> and <strong>despot<\/strong> in English [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European\/dem-\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/OUuYkAMc294\">video<\/a> I made of this information:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OUuYkAMc294\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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Timber\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-02-26T13:36:20+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this week's Adventures in Etymology we\u2019re exploring the origins of the word timber.\n\n\n\nTimber [\u02c8t\u026amb\u0259\/\u02c8t\u026amb\u025a] means:\n\n \tTrees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.\n \tWood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction.\n \tA heavy wo...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/timber.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9671\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1773-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/timber.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/timber.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/timber.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/timber.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=1773-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/timber.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"timber.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this week&#8217;s Adventures in Etymology we\u2019re exploring the origins of the word timber. Timber [\u02c8t\u026amb\u0259\/\u02c8t\u026amb\u025a] means: Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood. Wood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction. 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