Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ammǭ

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Compare Latin amita (“paternal aunt”), Ancient Greek ἀμμά (ammá, “mother”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑm.mɔ̃ː/

Noun

*ammǭ f[1]

  1. mother
    Synonyms: *aiþį̄, *mōdēr, *mōmǭ
  2. wet nurse
  3. grandmother
    Synonym: *awǭ

Inflection

Declension of *ammǭ (ōn-stem)
singular plural
nominative *ammǭ *ammōniz
vocative *ammǭ *ammōniz
accusative *ammōnų *ammōnunz
genitive *ammōniz *ammōnǫ̂
dative *ammōni *ammōmaz
instrumental *ammōnē *ammōmiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *ammā
  • Old Norse: amma

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*ammōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 17
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