Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi
Proto-Germanic *immi
Proto-West Germanic *im
Old English eom
Middle English am
English am
From Middle English am, em, from Old English eam, eom (“am”), from Proto-West Germanic *im, from Proto-Germanic *immi, *izmi (“am”, form of the verb *wesaną (“to be; dwell”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi (“to be, to exist”).
Cognate with Old Norse em (Old Swedish æm (“am”)), Gothic 𐌹𐌼 (im, “am”), Ancient Greek εἰμῐ́ (eimĭ́, “am”), Old Armenian եմ (em, “am”), Albanian jam (“am”).
Meanings
(first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular) first-person singular present indicative of be
Marsha, I am in the kitchen! 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
He ſaid, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderneſſe: Make ſtraight the way of the Loꝛd, as ſaid the Pꝛophet Eſaias. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 1:23:
been (forms of be) · are (forms of be) · was (forms of be) · be (forms of be) · amn't (forms of be) · beest (forms of be) · art (forms of be) · aren't (forms of be) · being (forms of be) · were (forms of be) · wast (forms of be) · is (forms of be) · wert (forms of be)
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi
Proto-Germanic *immi
Proto-West Germanic *im
Old English eom
Middle English am
English am
From Middle English am, em, from Old English eam, eom (“am”), from Proto-West Germanic *im, from Proto-Germanic *immi, *izmi (“am”, form of the verb *wesaną (“to be; dwell”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi (“to be, to exist”).
Cognate with Old Norse em (Old Swedish æm (“am”)), Gothic 𐌹𐌼 (im, “am”), Ancient Greek εἰμῐ́ (eimĭ́, “am”), Old Armenian եմ (em, “am”), Albanian jam (“am”).
Meanings
(abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, dialectal, informal) Contraction of I + am.
On 1 August 2014 at approximately 12 am, in Lingya and Chienchen Districts of Kaohsiung City, a series of explosions from underground pipelines and sewer system occurred. 2017, Huei-Ru Hsieh et al., “Lessons Learned from the 0801 Petrochemical Pipeline Explosions in Kaohsiung City”, in Fire Science and Technology 2015: The Proceedings of 10th Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology, →DOI, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 183: