hamme
See also: Hamme
Danish edit
Noun edit
hamme c
- indefinite plural of ham
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old English ham, hamm (“back of the knee”), from Proto-West Germanic *hammu, from Proto-Germanic *hammō. The final vowel is generalised from Old English inflected forms.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hamme (plural hammes or hommen)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “hamme, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-04.
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
hamme
- Alternative form of ham (“pasture”)