ham
English
/ˈhæm/, /ˈhæːm/
noun
Definitions
- (anatomy) The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock.
- (countable) A thigh and buttock of an animal slaughtered for meat.
- (uncountable) Meat from the thigh of a hog cured for food.
- The back of the thigh.
- (internet) electronic Electronic mail that is wanted; mail that is not spam or junk mail.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English hamme (back of the knee, pasture) inherited from Old English hamm (ham, inner hind part of the knee, water-meadow) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hamō derived from Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂m (leg).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kónh₂m
Gloss
leg
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
脚
Emoji
🍗
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Newham English
- beast English
- bone English
- butter English
- butter-ham English
- fat English
- fisted English
- gastrocnemius English
- ham-fisted English
- hambeast English
- hambone English
- hamese English
- hamfat English
- hamfest English
- hamlike English
- hammily English
- hamminess English
- hammy English
- hamshackle English
- hamstring English
- hamstringer English
- shackle English
- string English
- Hamme German
- Hämmchen German
- ham Dutch, Flemish
- hamvraag Dutch, Flemish
- inham Dutch, Flemish
- γαστροκνημία Ancient Greek
- κνήμη Ancient Greek
- κνημίς Ancient Greek
- ἀντικνήμιον Ancient Greek
- ὀκτάκνημος Ancient Greek
- *kónh₂m Proto-Indo-European
- *hammō Proto-Germanic
- *hamō Proto-Germanic
- ハム Japanese
- ham Old English
- hamm Old English
- hamme Middle English
- hammes Middle English
- cnámh Irish
- hǫm Old Norse
- แฮม Thai
- κνήμη Greek (modern)
- ham Cebuano
- hamsilog Cebuano
- hamme Middle Dutch
- cnáim Old Irish
- ham Afrikaans
- cnàimh Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- craue Manx
- hamme Middle High German
- Ham Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *knāmis Proto-Celtic
- Hamme Alemannic German
- 햄 Korean
- knaw Middle Welsh