eam
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Middle English eem, eme, from Old English ēam (“maternal uncle”), from Proto-Germanic *awahaimaz (“maternal uncle”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os (“maternal uncle, maternal grandfather”). Cognate with Scots eme (“uncle”), West Frisian iem, omke (“uncle”), Dutch oom (“uncle”), German Ohm, Oheim (“maternal uncle”), Latin avunculus (“maternal uncle”). See uncle. Doublet of oom.
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Contracted from earlier *ēahām, from Proto-West Germanic *auhaim (“maternal uncle”).
See also Gothic 𐌰𐍅𐍉 (awō, “grandmother”); Latin avus (“grandfather”), avunculus (“uncle”), dialectal Russian уй (uj, “maternal uncle”), Ukrainian вуй (vuj, “uncle”), all from Proto-Indo-European *awos, *h₂éwh₂os (“maternal uncle, maternal grandfather”). The word is cognate with Old Frisian ēm, Middle Dutch oom (Dutch oom), Old High German oheim (German Oheim, Ohm).
ēam m (nominative plural ēamas)
From Proto-Germanic *immi (“I am”), a form of *wesaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi (“am”). More at am.
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