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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin and Etymology of the word
HAM.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893 |
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HAM,
the inner or hind part of the knee; the thigh of an animal.
(E.) M.E. hamme, homme; the pl. is spelt both hommen
and hammes, Ancren Riwle, p. 122.—A.S.
hamm; 'poples, hamm;' Wright's Vocab. i. 44, col. 2; 'suffragines,
hamma' (pl.); id. + O.H.G. hamma, prov. G. hamme. β.
So called because of the 'bend' in the leg; cf. Lat. camurus, crooked, W.
cam,
bent.—✔KAM,
to be crooked. See Chamber. Der.
ham-string, sb. Shak.
Troil. i. 3. 154; ham-string, verb. ➩
Diez derives Ital. gamba, F. jambe, the lower part of the leg, from the same
root KAM, to bend: see Gambol, and
Gammon (1). [†]
ADDENDA
Add: Icel. höm,
the ham or haunch of a horse. + Swed. dial. ham, hind part of the knee. + Du.
ham, the ham.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Key |
| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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