Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mōmā

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

1. mama, mother

Inflection

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

Descendants

• Old English: *mōme
  • Middle English: mome, mone
    • English: mama, mammy, mom, mommy, mum, mummy
    • Scots: mam, mamie
• Old Frisian: *mōme
  • >? Saterland Frisian: Mäme
  • >? West Frisian: mem, mâm, memme, mâme
• Old Saxon: *mōma, moma
  • Middle Low German: môme, mône, mȫme
    • German Low German: Mohm, Möhm (regional)
• Old Dutch: *muoma
  • Middle Dutch: moeme, mone, moene, moyne; memme, mamme
    • Dutch: moene (dialectal); mem, mam
    • Limburgish: meun
• Old High German: muoma
  • Middle High German: muome; mamme, memme
    • Alemannic German:

      Mòcheno: moa'm

    • Central Franconian: Möhn, Mehn, Mihn, Mihm
      • Luxembourgish: Mimm
    • German: Muhme; Mamme
    • Yiddish: מומע (mume)