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”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.wɑ.ˌxɑi̯.mɑz/

Noun

*awahaimaz m

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

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