Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ammǭ

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *amma-, *ama- (“mother”), probably based on infants' babbling. Compare Latin amita (“paternal aunt”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑm.mɔ̃ː/

Noun

*ammǭ f

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *ammǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*ammǭ	*ammōniz
vocative	*ammǭ	*ammōniz
accusative	*ammōnų	*ammōnunz
genitive	*ammōniz	*ammōnǫ̂
dative	*ammōni	*ammōmaz
instrumental	*ammōnē	*ammōmiz

Related terms

*mōmǭ

Descendants

Old Saxon: *amma
- Middle Low German: amme
  - Plautdietsch: Ooma
Old Dutch *amma
- Middle Dutch: amme
  - Dutch: amme, am
Old High German: amma
- Middle High German: amme
  - German: Amme, Oma
Old Norse: amma
- Icelandic: amma
- Faroese: omma
- Norwegian: amma
- Old Swedish: amma
  - Swedish: amma
- Danish: amme

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