*mōmǭ

Runic: ᛗᛟᛗᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈmɔː.mɔ̃ː/

noun · feminine · ōn-stem

Meanings

mama, mother
aunt, auntie

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *méh₂-meh₂-, reduplication of a base *méh₂- (‘mama, mother’). Cognate with Latin mamma (‘mother, mama, nurse’), Lithuanian mãma, momà (‘mother’), Latvian mãma (‘mother’), Old Irish muimme (‘foster mother’), Irish mam (‘mother’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	mōmǭ	mōmōniz
Acc.	mōmōnų	mōmōnunz
Gen.	mōmōniz	mōmōnǫ̂
Dat.	mōmōni	mōmōmaz
Inst.	mōmōnē	mōmōmiz
Voc.	mōmǭ	mōmōniz

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Descendants

*mōmā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *muoma (Old Dutch)
  - moeme, mone, moene, moyne, memme, mamme (Middle Dutch)
    - moene, mem, mam (Dutch)
    - meun (Limburgish)
*mōmā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *mōme (Old English)
  - mome, mone (Middle English)
    - mama, mam, mammy, mom, mommy, mum, mummy, minnie (English)
    - mam, mamie, minnie, min (Scots)
*mōmā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *mōme (Old Frisian)
  - Mäme (Saterland Frisian)
  - mem, mâm, memme, mâme (West Frisian)
*mōmā (Proto-West Germanic)
- muoma (Old High German)
  - muome, mamme, memme (Middle High German)
    - ? (Alemannic German)
    - Muhme, Mamme (German)
    - מומע (mume) (Yiddish)
*mōmā (Proto-West Germanic)
- muoma (Old High German)
  - muome, mamme, memme (Middle High German)
    - Möhn, Mehn, Mihn, Mihm (Central Franconian)
      - Mimm (Luxembourgish)
*mōmā (Proto-West Germanic)
- mōma, *mōme (Old Saxon)
  - môme, mône, mȫme (Middle Low German)
    - Mohme (Low German)
      - Mohm, Möhm (German Low German)
*móma (Old Norse)
- muna (Elfdalian)
- móna (Icelandic)
- minnie (Scots)
- muna, liusmuna (Swedish)
móna (Old Norse)
- muna (Elfdalian)
- móna (Icelandic)
- minnie (Scots)
- muna, liusmuna (Swedish)

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