mam

(Anglais)

Mum, mom; diminutive of mother.

Fréquence

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Étymologie (Anglais)

In summary

Alteration or clipping of mama. Compare Scots mam, Early Scots mame (“mother”), mamye (“wet nurse”), Saterland Frisian Määme (“mother”), West Frisian mem (“mother”). Alternatively, possibly either conserved from or influenced by earlier Brythonic language.

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