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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.
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *awô (“grandfather”) + *haimaz (“home”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑ.wɑ.ˌxɑi̯.mɑz/
Noun
*awahaimaz m(West Germanic)
- maternal uncle
Inflection
Declension of *awahaimaz (masculine a-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*awahaimaz
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*awahaimōz, *awahaimōs
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| vocative
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*awahaim
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*awahaimōz, *awahaimōs
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| accusative
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*awahaimą
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*awahaimanz
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| genitive
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*awahaimas, *awahaimis
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*awahaimǫ̂
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| dative
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*awahaimai
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*awahaimamaz
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| instrumental
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*awahaimō
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*awahaimamiz
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Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *auhaim
- Old English: ēam
- Middle English: em, eam, eem, eeme, eme, heme, nem, æem, æm, eom, heam, yem (Early Middle English), eame, eyme (Late Middle English)
- Old Frisian: ām, āme, ēm
- Old Saxon: *ōhēm
- Middle Low German: ōhem, ōm
- Low German: Ohm
- Münsterländisch: Low German: Öhms (plural)
- Plautdietsch: Oom
- Old Dutch: *ōm
- Middle Dutch: ôom
- Dutch: oom, ome, noom
- Afrikaans: oom
- Berbice Creole Dutch: om
- Negerhollands: noom, nom, noem
- → Virgin Islands Creole: nom, noom (dated)
- → Ambonese Malay: om
- → Indonesian: om
- → Papiamentu: mò, òn, òmpi (from the diminutive), mo (Aruba), òm (Aruba), omo (Aruba), oom
- → Sranan Tongo: omu
- → West Frisian: omme, omke
- Limburgish: ome
- Old High German: ōheim
- Middle High German: ōheim; (Central German) ōhem, ōem
- German: Oheim, Ohm (partly from Low German), Oehm