Where does “mam” come from?

mam (Lower Sorbian) comes from Lower Sorbian měś, from Proto-Slavic jьměti — to have.

mam (Lower Sorbian): first-person singular present of měś; I have

Definitions

  1. first-person singular present of měś; I have

Ancestry of “mam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Sorbianměśto have
2Proto-Slavicjьmětito have
Every word from Proto-Slavic jьměti →Every word from Lower Sorbian měś →