Where does “ham” come from?

ham (Yola) comes from Middle English him, from Old English him, from Proto-Germanic himmai — dative singular masculine/neuter of *hiz.

ham (Yola): him

Definitions

  1. him

Ancestry of “ham”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishhimThird-person singular masculine pronoun...
2Old Englishhimdative of hē: him; dative of hit: it; dative of...
3Proto-Germanichimmaidative singular masculine/neuter of *hiz
Every word from Proto-Germanic himmai →