Ohm

Meaning

Noun

alternative form of Oheim (“uncle”)

Name

a surname

Concepts

ohm

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uncle

Ohm

Ohm River

Synonyms

Oheim

Onkel

Onkel väterlicherseits

Mutterbruder

Onkel mütterlicherseits

Vatersbruder

Muttersbruder

Translations

ohm

ohmio

ohm

ωμ

ohm

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أوم

Ohm

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Ohm

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/oːm/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: ōem

Inherited from Old High German: ōheim

In summary

From northern Middle High German ōem and Middle Low German ōm, with reduction of the unstressed ultima and regular loss of intervocalic -h- from Old High German ōheim, Old Saxon *ōhēm, from Proto-West Germanic *auhaim (“maternal uncle”).