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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ammǭ
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *amma-, *ama- (“mother”), probably based on infants' babbling. Compare Latin amita (“paternal aunt”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑm.mɔ̃ː/
Noun
*ammǭ f
- mother
- wet nurse
- grandmother
Inflection
| ōn-stemDeclension of *ammǭ (ōn-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *ammǭ | *ammōniz | |
| vocative | *ammǭ | *ammōniz | |
| accusative | *ammōnų | *ammōnunz | |
| genitive | *ammōniz | *ammōnǫ̂ | |
| dative | *ammōni | *ammōmaz | |
| instrumental | *ammōnē | *ammōmiz | |
Related terms
- *mōmǭ
Descendants
- Old Saxon: *amma
- Middle Low German: amme
- Plautdietsch: Ooma
- Middle Low German: amme
- Old Dutch *amma
- Middle Dutch: amme
- Dutch: amme, am
- Middle Dutch: amme
- Old High German: amma
- Middle High German: amme
- German: Amme, Oma
- Middle High German: amme
- Old Norse: amma
- Icelandic: amma
- Faroese: omma
- Norwegian: amma
- Old Swedish: amma
- Swedish: amma
- Danish: amme