Proto-Germanic
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Alternative forms
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Etymology
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From *awô (“grandfather”) + *haimaz (“home”).
Pronunciation
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*awahaimaz m
- maternal uncle
Inflection
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masculine a-stemDeclension of *awahaimaz (masculine a-stem)
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*awahaimaz
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*awahaimōz, *awahaimōs
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vocative
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*awahaim
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*awahaimōz, *awahaimōs
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accusative
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*awahaimą
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*awahaimanz
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genitive
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*awahaimas, *awahaimis
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*awahaimǫ̂
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dative
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*awahaimai
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*awahaimamaz
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instrumental
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*awahaimō
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*awahaimamiz
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Related terms
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Descendants
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- Proto-West Germanic: *auhaim
- Old English: ēam
- Middle English: em, eam, eem, eeme, eme, heme, nem; æem, æm, eom, heam, yem; eame, eyme
- Old Frisian: ām, āme, ēm
- 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