Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “amma-”

94 words across 46 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European amma- — including aunt, auntie, aunty, ama, amma, amah, grandaunt, aunthood.

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English (23)

German (6)

Portuguese (4)

Latin (3)

Icelandic (3)

Norman (3)

Afrikaans (2)

Faroese (2)

Yiddish (2)

Irish (2)

Venetian (2)

Galician (2)

Old French (2)

Old Portuguese (2)

Romanian (2)

Norwegian Bokmål (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Malay (2)

Old High German (1)

French (1)

Dutch (1)

Danish (1)

Indonesian (1)

Swedish (1)

Dalmatian (1)

Friulian (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Albanian (1)

Hawaiian (1)

Latvian (1)

Finnish (1)

Occitan (1)

Middle English (1)

Old Norse (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Romansch (1)

Scottish Gaelic (1)

Anglo-Norman (1)

Middle French (1)

Aukan (1)

Papiamentu (1)

Sranan Tongo (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

Torres Strait Creole (1)

Late Latin (1)

Vulgar Latin (1)