*hammō

Runic: ᚺᚨᛗᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈxɑm.mɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

shinbone
the hollow of the knee
ham

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from earlier *hanmō, from Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂méh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂m (‘leg’), and thus cognate with Old Irish cnáim (‘bone’) and Ancient Greek κνήμη (knḗmē) (knḗmē, ‘tibia’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	hammō	hammôz
Acc.	hammǭ	hammōz
Gen.	hammōz	hammǫ̂
Dat.	hammōi	hammōmaz
Inst.	hammō	hammōmiz
Voc.	hammō	hammôz

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Descendants

hamm (Old English)
- hamme (Middle English)
  - ham (English)
  - hamb, ham (Scots)
ham (Old English)
- hamme (Middle English)
  - ham (English)
  - hamb, ham (Scots)
hom (Old English)
- hamme (Middle English)
  - ham (English)
  - hamb, ham (Scots)
*hama (Old Saxon)
- ham, hame, hamme, amme (Middle Low German)
*hamma (Old Saxon)
- ham, hame, hamme, amme (Middle Low German)
*hama (Old Dutch)
- hame, hamme (Middle Dutch)
  - ham (Dutch)
*hamma (Old Dutch)
- hame, hamme (Middle Dutch)
  - ham (Dutch)
hama (Old High German)
- hamme (Middle High German)
  - Hamme (Alemannic German)
  - Hamme (German)
  - Ham (Luxembourgish)
hamma (Old High German)
- hamme (Middle High German)
  - Hamme (Alemannic German)
  - Hamme (German)
  - Ham (Luxembourgish)
hǫm (Old Norse)
- hambugt (Danish)
- höm (Icelandic)
- homme (Norwegian Bokmål)
- hamboge (Swedish)

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