eam

== English == === Alternative forms === eame eme (Scotland) === Etymology === From Middle English eem, eme, from Old English ēam (“maternal uncle”), from Proto-Germanic *awahaimaz (“maternal uncle”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os (“maternal uncle, maternal grandfather”). Cognate with Scots eme (“uncle”), West Frisian iem, omke (“uncle”), Dutch oom (“uncle”), German Ohm, Oheim (“maternal uncle”), Latin avunculus (“maternal uncle”). See uncle. Doublet of oom and ohm. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈiːm/ === Noun === eam (plural eams) (dialectal or obsolete) Uncle. ==== Related terms ==== neam === Anagrams === AME, AmE, EMA, Mae, ema == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈe.ãː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛː.am] === Pronoun === eam accusative feminine singular of is: "her", "it" (referring to feminine nouns), or demonstratively (as a demonstrative pronoun) "this", "that" (likewise referring to feminine nouns). === Verb === eam first-person singular present active subjunctive of eō == Middle English == === Noun === eam alternative form of em == Old English == === Etymology 1 === Contracted from earlier *ēahām, from Proto-West Germanic *auhaim (“maternal uncle”). See also Gothic 𐌰𐍅𐍉 (awō, “grandmother”); Latin avus (“grandfather”), avunculus (“uncle”), dialectal Russian уй (uj, “maternal uncle”), Ukrainian вуй (vuj, “uncle”), all from Proto-Indo-European *awos, *h₂éwh₂os (“maternal uncle, maternal grandfather”). The word is cognate with Old Frisian ēm, Middle Dutch oom (Dutch oom), Old High German oheim (German Oheim, Ohm). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /æ͜ɑːm/ ==== Noun ==== ēam m (nominative plural ēamas) uncle (especially maternal) ===== Declension ===== Strong a-stem: ===== Related terms ===== fædera ===== Descendants ===== Middle English: em, eam, eem, eeme, eme, heme, nem, æem, æm, eom, heam, yem (Early Middle English), eame, eyme (Late Middle English)English: eam, eme (dialectal)Scots: eme === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Germanic *immi (“I am”), a form of *wesaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi (“am”). More at am. ==== Alternative forms ==== eom — West Saxon æm ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /æ͜ɑm/ ==== Verb ==== eam Mercian and Early West Saxon form of eom == Teop == === Pronoun === eam you (second-person pronoun, nominative case, plural) ==== Further reading ==== http://corpus1.mpi.nl/media-archive/dobes_data/Teop/Teop_Language_Corpus/Literature/Legends/Legends_open_/Annotations/Iar_2_G.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20170516185153/http://www.ioling.org/booklets/iol-2012-indiv-sol.en.pdf