artificial mound or hillock used as shelter during high tide
çekim: çoğul terpen
eş: wierde
köken: Borrowed from West Frisian terp, from Old Frisian therp, from Proto-West Germanic *þorp, from Proto-Germanic *þurpą, *þrepą (“village, farmstead, troop”), from Proto-Indo-European *treb- (“dwelling, room”). Doublet of dorp.
barrage, dyke, embankment, floodbank, levee, stopbank (embankment to prevent inundation) · causeway · cofferdam (empty space that acts as a protective barrier between two floors or bulkheads on a ship)
çekim: çoğul groble · tamlayan grobli
eş: koferdam
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Slavic *grobja Polish grobla Inherited from Proto-Slavic *grobja.
köken: From Proto-Finnic *kasa, borrowed from Proto-Norse [Term?] (compare Old Swedish kasi, Swedish kase (“heap, collection of something”), Old Norse kǫs (“heap, pile”)), from Proto-Germanic *kasō.
dam (a structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow or part of the flow) · impediment, obstacle · hurdle (an artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which athletes or horses jump in a race)
çekim: çoğul gátak
köken: Borrowed from a South Slavic language, e.g. Serbo-Croatian gat, or from Slovak hať. Ultimately, from Proto-Slavic *gatь (“dike”).
headland; hedge or strip of land between two adjacent farm plots, which is usually left fallow
çekim: çoğul arrós
köken: Unknown. Attested as arroo and arroio in medieval documents (15th century); probably from a substrate language. Possibly compare arroyo (“creek, etc.”) and its etymology.