lum

Meanings

1. A chimney; also, the top part of a chimney.
2. A ventilating chimney over the shaft of a mine.

1. A grove or wood; also, a woody valley.

1. A deep pool, especially one in a riverbed.

1. An English surname transferred from the place name.
2. A surname from Chinese.

1. A diminutive of the male given name Columbus.

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots lum, Early Scots lumb; further etymology uncertain, but probably from Cumbric *lümon, related to Welsh llumon (“chimney”) (obsolete), from Proto-Celtic *loimono. Possibly at least influenced by Old French lum (“light”), lume (“cooking fire”) (compare French lumière (“light; cavity or channel within a tube or tubular organ, lumen; opening”)), from Latin lūmen (“light; light source; opening through which light can penetrate such as an air-hole or window; opening or orifice in a water-pipe or funnel”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright; to see; to shine”).