hamme

See also: Hamme

Danish

Noun

hamme c

indefinite plural of ham

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English ham, hamm (“back of the knee”), from Proto-West Germanic *hammu, from Proto-Germanic *hammō. The final vowel is generalised from Old English inflected forms.

Alternative forms

ham, hambe, hame, homme

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈham(ə)/

Noun

hamme (plural hammes or hommen)

The back or inside of the knee.

Descendants

English: ham
Scots: ham, hamb

References

“hamme, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-04.

Noun

hamme

Alternative form of ham (“pasture”)

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