Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mōmā

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mōmǭ.

Noun

*mōmā f

mama, mother, aunt

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*mōmā
Genitive	*mōmōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*mōmā	*mōmōn
Accusative	*mōmōn	*mōmōn
Genitive	*mōmōn	*mōmōnō
Dative	*mōmōn	mōmōm, mōmum
Instrumental	*mōmōn	mōmōm, mōmum

Descendants

Old English: *mōme
- Middle English: mome, mone
  - English: mama, mam, mammy, mom, mommy, mum, mummy
  - Scots: mam, mamie
  - >? English: minnie (dialectal)
  - >? Scots: minnie, min
Old Frisian: *mōme
- >? Saterland Frisian: Mäme
- >? West Frisian: mem, mâm, memme, mâme
Old Saxon: mōma, *mōme
- Middle Low German: môme, mône, mȫme
  - Low German: Mohme
    - German Low German: Mohm, Möhm (regional)
Old Dutch: *muoma
- Middle Dutch: moeme, mone, moene, moyne; memme, mamme
  - Dutch: moene (dialectal); mem, mam
  - Limburgish: meun
Old High German: muoma
- Middle High German: muome; mamme, memme
  - Alemannic German:
    Mòcheno: moa'm
  - Central Franconian: Möhn, Mehn, Mihn, Mihm
    - Luxembourgish: Mimm
  - German: Muhme; Mamme
  - Yiddish: מומע (mume)