- taom
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pour out, empty (vb.), a jet, torrent (n.), taoim, bilge-water, Irish taomaim (taodhmaim), taodhm (n.), Early Irish tóem, a jet, taeim, sentina, Old Irish tuismiud, delivery, *to-fo-ess-sem: *to-ad-sm-men, root sem, let go, from sê, Lithuanian semiù, draw (as water), Latin simpulum, ladle (Stokes). Cf. Old Irish teissmim, I pour out (= to-ess-sem-im). Borrowing from Norse tómr, empty, English toom, is not to be thought of.IIa fit of rage, Irish taom ( O'Br., etc.), Middle Irish taem:
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.