Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/awahaimaz

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

Alternative forms

• *auhaimaz, *awunhaimaz

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

1. maternal uncle

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *awahaimaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*awahaimaz	*awahaimōz, *awahaimōs
vocative	*awahaim	*awahaimōz, *awahaimōs
accusative	*awahaimą	*awahaimanz
genitive	*awahaimas, *awahaimis	*awahaimǫ̂
dative	*awahaimai	*awahaimamaz
instrumental	*awahaimō	*awahaimamiz

Related terms

• *awô
• *awǭ

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *auhaim
  • Old English: ēam
    • Middle English: em, eam, eem, eeme, eme, heme, nem; æem, æm, eom, heam, yem; eame, eyme
      • English: eam, eme (dialectal)
      • Scots: eme
  • Old Frisian: ām, āme, ēm
    • North Frisian: ohm
    • Saterland Frisian: Oom
    • West Frisian: iem, yem, yeme
  • 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
        • Afrikaans: oom
        • Berbice Creole Dutch: om
        • Negerhollands: noom, nom, noem
          • → Virgin Islands Creole: nom, noom (dated)
        • → Indonesian: om
        • → Papiamentu: mò, òn, òmpi (from the diminutive), mo (Aruba), òm (Aruba), omo (Aruba), oom
        • → Sranan Tongo: omu
        • → West Frisian: omme, omke
      • Limburgish: oeam
  • Old High German: ōheim
    • Middle High German: ōheim; (Central German) ōhem, ōem
      • German: Oheim, Ohm (partly from Low German), Oehm