a chimney · a fireplace or hearth · a vertical vent, exhaust or gallery
çekim: çoğul cheminées
eş: fogon
köken: From Old French cheminee, from Late Latin [camera] camīnāta, from Latin camīnus (“furnace”), from Ancient Greek κάμῑνος (kámīnos). Unrelated to cheminer or chemin although an influence is possible.
aile: cheminée d'appel, cheminée des fées, fumer comme une cheminée
chimney · smokestack (of a train or factory) · funnel (of a ship)
çekim: çoğul chimeneas
köken: From Old Spanish chimenea, from older cheminea (via vowel metathesis), from Old French cheminee, from Late Latin camīnāta. Compare English chimney.
a chimney (vertical tube or hollow column; a flue) · the smokestack of a steamboat or steam locomotive
çekim: çoğul schoorstenen
eş: rookkanaal
köken: From Middle Dutch schoorsteen, equivalent to schoren (“to support”) + steen (“stone”), originally meaning a fireplace supporting a smoke channel, like the word chimney.
a chimney (vertical tube or hollow column; a flue) · a smokestack
çekim: çoğul skorstenar · tamlayan skorstens
köken: From Low German Schornstein, compound of schore (“support”) (ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *skeran (“to cut”)) and Stein (“rock”) (from Middle Low German sten). Compare Danish skorsten and Norwegian Nynorsk skorstein.
a chimney (vertical tube or hollow column; a flue) · a smokestack
çekim: çoğul skorstene · tamlayan skorstens
köken: From Low German Schornstein, compound of schore (“support”) (ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *skeran (“to cut”)) and Stein (“rock”) (from Middle Low German sten). Compare Swedish skorsten and Norwegian Nynorsk skorstein.
With dialectal -ā- → -ō- from Middle High German slāt, from Old High German slāt, further origin unknown. Perhaps related with Middle High German slāte (“reed, cane”).