Where does “Mammi” come from?
Mammi (Pennsylvania German) comes from Dutch mammie, 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.
Mammi (Pennsylvania German): ma; grandma
Definitions
- ma; grandma
Ancestry of “Mammi”, step by step
Mammi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch mammie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | mammie | mommy, mummy |
| 2 | French | mamie | granny, grandma |
| 3 | Romanian | mamă | mother |
| 4 | Latin | mamma | a breast; an udder; a pap; a teat, a dug |
| 5 | Latin | ferō | to bear; to carry |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | ferō | carry, bear |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰéreti | to be carrying |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰēr- | shiny, light brown |
via English mommy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mommy | Mother; To treat someone like a mother would; to... |
| 2 | English | -y | Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives... |
| 3 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 4 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |