Eam Definition
noun
(dialectal or obsolete) Uncle.
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eamsOrigin of Eam
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From Middle English eem, eme, from Old English Ä“am (“maternal uncle"), from Proto-Germanic *auhaimaz, *awahaimaz (“maternal uncle"), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwhâ‚‚os (“maternal uncle, maternal grandfather"). Cognate with Scots eme (“uncle"), West Frisian iem, omke (“uncle"), Dutch oom (“uncle"), German Ohm, Oheim (“maternal uncle"), Latin avunculus (“maternal uncle"). See uncle.
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