Hamme

See also: hamme

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German hamme, from Old High German hamma (“shank, thigh”, literally “curved limb; bent limb”), from Proto-Germanic *hammō (“shinbone; the hollow of the knee; ham”). Cognate with German Hamme (“ham; meat from the hindquarters”), Dutch ham (“ham”), English ham.

Noun

Hamme f

  1. (Uri) the hook on the wide end of a scythe blade

References
  • “Hamme” in Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 65.
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