Amme

German (Berlin)

/ˈa.mə/

noun

Definitions

wet nurse
(archaic or regional) nanny, grandmother, mother

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German amma (wet nurse, nurse).

Origin

Old High German

amma

Gloss

wet nurse, nurse

Concept

Semantic Field

Modern world

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Emoji

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Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

amma Finnish
-n- German
Ammenmärchen German
Ammensprache German
Märchen German
Sprache German
amme Norwegian Bokmål
amming Norwegian Bokmål
*ammǭ Proto-Germanic
amma Swedish
amning Swedish
amme Norwegian Nynorsk
amming Norwegian Nynorsk
amma Old High German
אַם Yiddish
amme Low German