yeme
English
verb
Definitions
- (obsolete) To keep, to observe, to pay attention.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English yemen inherited from Old English ġīeman (care for, heed) inherited from Proto-Germanic *gaumijaną (keep, heed, observe, notice).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*gaumijaną
Gloss
keep, heed, observe, notice
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
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Action/Process
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- gaum English
- gome English
- gorm English
- gormless English
- gum English
- jemma Finnish
- jemmata Finnish
- *gaumaz Proto-Germanic
- *gaumijaną Proto-Germanic
- *gaumō Proto-Germanic
- gömma Swedish
- begieman Old English
- forgieman Old English
- giemend Old English
- guma Old English
- gōma Old English
- ġīeman Old English
- bridegome Middle English
- gome Middle English
- gomes Middle English
- yemen Middle English
- gaum Old Norse
- gaumr Old Norse
- geyma Old Norse
- gemme Danish
- gemmested Danish
- geyma Icelandic
- engoumado Galician
- goumen Old High German
- 𐌲𐌰𐌿𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *gōmen Old Dutch
- gaume Alemannic German
- gøma, gø̄ma Old Swedish
- gome Scots