Etymograph

English

elmy

From elm + -y.

Formed from elm + -y

Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem ‘mountain elm’

Proto-Germanic *elmaz ‘elm tree’

Proto-West Germanic *elm ‘elm tree’

Old English elm ‘elm tree’

Middle English elme

English elm

Today it means

adj Pertaining to elm trees; in which elms grow.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / elmy