am
English
/æm/, [ẽə̃ːm], [am], [æ̝m], /əm/
verb form
Definitions
- (inflection of) be
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English am inherited from Old English eam inherited from Proto-Germanic *immi (I am) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi (I am, I exist, am).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₁ésmi
Gloss
I am, I exist, am
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- abessive English
- amn't English
- absum Latin
- adsum Latin
- civis romanus sum Latin
- desum Latin
- esse Latin
- insum Latin
- intersum Latin
- obsum Latin
- praesum Latin
- prosum Latin
- stātus Latin
- subsum Latin
- sum Latin
- supersum Latin
- suum Latin
- suus, suum Latin
- bin German
- sono Italian
- seigo Spanish, Castilian
- soy Spanish, Castilian
- εἰμί Ancient Greek
- πάρειμι Ancient Greek
- *bʰew- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁ésmi Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European
- *sed- Proto-Indo-European
- *immi Proto-Germanic
- *awahaimaz Proto-Germanic
- *immi Proto-Germanic
- eam Old English
- eom Old English
- अस्मि Sanskrit
- am Middle English
- em Old Norse
- esence Czech
- ester Old French
- estre Old French
- son Old French
- ser Catalan, Valencian
- fi Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- sunt Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- bim Old High German
- եմ Old Armenian
- san Norman
- jam Albanian
- seer Old Portuguese
- *Hásmi Proto-Indo-Iranian
- escu Aromanian
- öm Westrobothnian
- *(fe)fūai, *fuiō Proto-Italic
- *ezom Proto-Italic
- easser Romansh
- esser Romansh
- jessi Friulian
- *Hásmi Proto-Indo-Aryan
- esser Old Occitan
- èssiri Sicilian
- èsare Venetian
- èser Venetian
- *esmi Proto-Albanian
- εἶμαι gkm
- saite Dalmatian
- essere Sardinian
- esse Neapolitan
- èssere Neapolitan
- ièsi Istriot
- *ehmi Proto-Hellenic
- étre Franco-Provençal
- esse Piedmontese
- êser Emilian
- sou Leonese
- săm Megleno-Romanian