*hamô^¹

Runic: ᚺᚨᛗᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈxɑ.mɔːː/

noun · masculine · an-stem

Meanings

shape, physical form
wrapping, binding
skin, flesh
garment, clothing

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly from unattested strong verb *hamaną + *-ô, perhaps cognate with Sanskrit शामूल (śāmūla) (śāmūla, ‘woolen shirt’), seemingly from Proto-Indo-European *ḱem- (‘to cover?’). Hyllested instead suggests borrowing from Proto-Finnic *haamoi.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	hamô	hamaniz
Acc.	hamanų	hamanunz
Gen.	haminiz	hamanǫ̂
Dat.	hamini	hamammaz
Inst.	haminē	hamammiz
Voc.	hamô	hamaniz

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Descendants

*hamō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *hamo (Old Dutch)
  - hame (Middle Dutch)
    - haam, ham (Dutch)
*hamō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *hamo (Old Dutch)
  - hame (Middle Dutch)
    - hame (Middle English)
      - hame (English)
      - hame (Scots)
*hamō (Proto-West Germanic)
- hama, homa (Old English)
  - hame, haum (Middle English)
    - hame, heam (English)
*hamō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *hama, *homa (Old Frisian)
  - hame (North Frisian)
  - Hoom (Saterland Frisian)
  - haam (West Frisian)
*hamō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *hamo (Old High German)
  - hame, ham (Middle High German)
    - Hame, Hamen, Ham (German)
    - hám (Hungarian)
*hamō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *hamo (Old Saxon)
  - hame, ham (Middle Low German)
*hami (Old Norse)
- ham (Danish)
- hamur (Faroese)
- hamur (Icelandic)
- ham (Norwegian Bokmål)
- ham (Norwegian Nynorsk)
*hami (Old Norse)
- hamber, hambn, hampn (Old Swedish)
  - hamn, hamm, ham (Swedish)
*hamʀ (Old Norse)
- ham (Danish)
- hamur (Faroese)
- hamur (Icelandic)
- ham (Norwegian Bokmål)
- ham (Norwegian Nynorsk)
*hamʀ (Old Norse)
- hamber, hambn, hampn (Old Swedish)
  - hamn, hamm, ham (Swedish)
hamr (Old Norse)
- ham (Danish)
- hamur (Faroese)
- hamur (Icelandic)
- ham (Norwegian Bokmål)
- ham (Norwegian Nynorsk)
hamr (Old Norse)
- hamber, hambn, hampn (Old Swedish)
  - hamn, hamm, ham (Swedish)

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