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hame en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

From Middle English hame, home, from Old English hama, homa (“a cover, skin”), from Proto-Germanic *hamô (“clothes, skirt”). Cognate with Old Norse hamr and its descendants, such as Danish ham (“skin, bladder, figure”), Danish hams (“shell, sleeve”).

Meanings

1. (obsolete) shroud, a covering, skin, membrane.

Forms

Relateds

likam · heam

hame en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

From Middle English hame, from Middle Dutch hame (“horse collar, harness, fishnet”), from Old Dutch *hamo, from Frankish *hamō, from Proto-Germanic *hamô (“fishnet, collar for a horse”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱom- (“part of a harness”). Cognate with Middle Low German ham, hame (“collar, fishnet”), Old High German hamo (“sack-like fishnet”) (Modern German dialectal Hame, Hamen (“hand fishnet”), Ham (“horse collar”)).

Meanings

1. Part of the harness that fits round the neck of a draught horse that the reins pass through.

Forms

Coordinates

horse harness § parts (More at) · horse collar

Deriveds

hame string · hamestrap

Translations (7)

ru хомутовые клещи (metal or wooden pieces of a horse collar to which the traces (straps, ropes or chains) of the harness are attached by which a carriage or wagon is drawn.) · mi hemi (metal or wooden pieces of a horse collar to which the traces (straps, ropes or chains) of the harness are attached by which a carriage or wagon is drawn.) · fi länget (metal or wooden pieces of a horse collar to which the traces (straps, ropes or chains) of the harness are attached by which a carriage or wagon is drawn.) · pl kleszczyna (metal or wooden pieces of a horse collar to which the traces (straps, ropes or chains) of the harness are attached by which a carriage or wagon is drawn.) · pdt Heem (metal or wooden pieces of a horse collar to which the traces (straps, ropes or chains) of the harness are attached by which a carriage or wagon is drawn.) · uk клі́щі (metal or wooden pieces of a horse collar to which the traces (straps, ropes or chains) of the harness are attached by which a carriage or wagon is drawn.) · ga amaí (metal or wooden pieces of a horse collar to which the traces (straps, ropes or chains) of the harness are attached by which a carriage or wagon is drawn.)

hame en · NOUN · etymology 3

Etymology

From Middle English ham, from Old English hām (“home”). More at home.

Meanings

1. (Northern-English, Scottish, alt-of) Scottish and Northern English form of home
   alt of home

Forms

hame en · NOUN · etymology 4

Etymology

From earlier haum, haume.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of haulm.
   alt of haulm

Forms