hǫm
Old Norse
noun
Definitions
- the back of the thigh (on animals)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *hammō (shinbone, the hollow of the knee, ham).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hammō
Gloss
shinbone, the hollow of the knee, ham
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Newham English
- butter-ham English
- ham English
- ham-fisted English
- hambeast English
- hambone English
- hamese English
- hamfat English
- hamfest English
- hamlike English
- hammy English
- hamshackle English
- hamstring English
- *kónh₂m Proto-Indo-European
- *hammō Proto-Germanic
- *hamō Proto-Germanic
- ハム Japanese
- ham Old English
- hamm Old English
- hamme Middle English
- แฮม Thai
- ham Cebuano
- hamme Middle Dutch
- hamma Old High German
- Ham Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 햄 Korean