Where does “אַם” come from?
אַם (Yiddish) comes from Old High German amma, from Proto-West Germanic *ammā.
אַם (Yiddish): wet nurse
Ancestry of “אַם”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old High German | amma | wet nurse |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *ammā | — |