eam

See also: -eam and ΕΑΜ

English

Alternative forms

eame
eme (Scottish)

Etymology

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.

Noun

eam (plural eams)

(dialectal or obsolete) Uncle.
- 2011, Ernest R. Holloway, Andrew Melville and Humanism in Renaissance Scotland 1545-1622:
  James Melville remarked that during his uncle's time in Geneva he became “weill acquented with my eam, Mr. hendrie Scrymgeour” and was said to have been “a frequent visitor at his lodgings in town, and also at the Violet.

Related terms

neam

Anagrams

AME, AmE, EMA, Mae, ema

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.am/, [ˈe.ã]

Pronoun

eam

accusative feminine singular of is: "her", "it" (referring to feminine nouns), or demonstratively (as a demonstrative pronoun) "this", "that" (likewise referring to feminine nouns).

Verb

eam

first-person singular present active subjunctive of eō

Old English

Etymology 1

Contracted from earlier *ēahām, from Proto-Germanic *awahaimaz, from *awô (“grandfather”), Gothic 𐌰𐍅𐍉 (awo, “grandmother”); cognate with Latin avus (“grandfather”), avunculus (“uncle”); Russian dial. уй (uj, “maternal uncle”), Ukrainian вуй (vuj, “uncle”); all from Proto-Indo-European *awos, *h₂éwh₂os (“maternal uncle, maternal grandfather”)) + *haimaz (“intimate, close”). The word is cognate with Old Frisian ēm, Middle Dutch oom (Dutch oom), Old High German oheim ( German Oheim, Ohm).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /æːɑ̯m/

Noun

ēam m (nominative plural ēamas)

uncle (especially maternal)

Declension

Declension of eam (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ēam	ēamas
accusative	ēam	ēamas
genitive	ēames	ēama
dative	ēame	ēamum

Related terms

fædera

Descendants

Middle English: eme, eem
- Scots: eme, eyme, eym
- English: eam

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *immi (“I am”), a form of *wesaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi (“am”). More at am.

Alternative forms

eom, æm

Verb

eam

Alternative form of eom

Teop

Pronoun

eam

you (second-person pronoun, nominative case, plural)

External links

http://corpus1.mpi.nl/media-archive/dobes_data/Teop/Teop_Language_Corpus/Literature/Legends/Legends_open_/Annotations/Iar_2_G.pdf
http://www.ioling.org/booklets/iol-2012-indiv-sol.en.pdf