athem
Middle English
/ɑːθ(ə)m/
noun
Definitions
- (very rare) Breath.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English ǣþm (breath, breathing, air, hole to breath through, smell, vapor, blast) inherited from Proto-Germanic *ēþmaz (breath) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₁tmén-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₁eh₁tmén-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Atem German
- Atemgas German
- Atemgerät German
- Atemluft German
- Atemlähmung German
- Atemnot German
- Atemstillstand German
- Atemweg German
- atembar German
- atemlos German
- atemraubend German
- adem Dutch, Flemish
- adembenemend Dutch, Flemish
- ademborstig Dutch, Flemish
- ademen Dutch, Flemish
- ademhalen Dutch, Flemish
- ademloos Dutch, Flemish
- ademnood Dutch, Flemish
- ademtocht Dutch, Flemish
- kortademig Dutch, Flemish
- uitademen Dutch, Flemish
- *h₁eh₁tmén- Proto-Indo-European
- *ēþmaz Proto-Germanic
- ǣþm Old English
- ethem Middle English
- âdem Middle Dutch
- *ādum Old High German
- ātamōn Old High German
- ātum Old High German
- ātem Middle High German
- *āþm gmw-pro