Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mōmā

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mōmǭ.

Noun

*mōmā f

mama, mother

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*mōmā
Genitive	*mōmōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*mōmā	*mōmōn
Accusative	*mōmōn	*mōmōn
Genitive	*mōmōn	*mōmōnō
Dative	*mōmōn	*mōmōm
Instrumental	*mōmōn	*mōmōm

Descendants

Old English: *mōme
- Middle English: mome, mone
  - Scots: mam, mamie
  - English: mama, mammy, mom, mommy, mum, mummy
Old Frisian: *mōme
- (Saterland Frisian: Määme ?)
- (West Frisian: mem ?)
Old Saxon: *mōma, moma
- Middle Low German: môme, mōne, mȫme
  - German Low German: Möhm (dialectal)
Old Dutch: *muoma
- Middle Dutch: moeme, mone, moene, moyne
  - Dutch: moene (dialectal)
Old High German: muoma
- Middle High German: muome
  - Alemannic German:
    Walser: mamma
  - Bavarian: mama, mamme
    Cimbrian: måmma
    
    Mòcheno: mama
  - Central Franconian:
    Kölsch: Mamm
  - German: Muhme, Mama, Mami
  - Yiddish: מומע‎ (mume)
  - Luxembourgish: Mamma

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