אַם
Yiddish
noun
Definitions
- wet nurse
Etymology
Derived 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
- Amme German
- Ammenmärchen German
- Ammensprache German
- *ammǭ Proto-Germanic
- amma Old High German