Where does “mammie” come from?

mammie (Dutch) comes from French mamie, from Romanian mamă, from Latin mamma, from Latin ferō, from Proto-Italic ferō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰéreti, from Proto-Indo-European bʰēr- — shiny, light brown.

mammie (Dutch): mommy, mummy

Definitions

  1. mommy, mummy

Ancestry of “mammie”, step by step

mammie traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via French mamie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmamiegranny, grandma
2Romanianmamămother
3Latinmammaa breast; an udder; a pap; a teat, a dug
4Latinferōto bear; to carry
5Proto-Italicferōcarry, bear
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰéretito be carrying
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰēr-shiny, light brown

via Dutch ie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchie"Third-person singular, masculine, subjective,...
2Middle Dutchhihe
3Old Dutchhīehe
4Old Dutch
5Proto-Germanic*hiʀ
6Proto-Germanichīznominative plural masculine of *hiz; these, these...

via Dutch mam

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchmammother

Words derived from “mammie

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰēr-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰéretiEvery word from Proto-Italic ferō