Old English · noun
eam
Normalised ēam
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /æ͜ɑːm/
- Syllables
- æ͜ɑːm (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- uncleeamemematernal
eam1 · noun · masculine
Senses
-
uncle (especially maternal)
Declension · strong a-stem
eam2 · verb · alternative form
Senses
-
Mercian and Early West Saxon form of eom
All forms (6)
Etymology
Contracted from earlier *ēahām, from Proto-West Germanic *auhaim (“maternal uncle”). See also Gothic (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).
From Proto-Germanic *immi (“I am”), a form of *wesaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi (“am”). More at am.
Descendants
eam, eme
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