Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo keep, to observe, to pay attention.
From Middle English yemen, ȝemen (“to heed, pay attention, observe, keep”), from Old English ġīeman, from Proto-Germanic *gaumijaną (“to heed, notice, observe, keep”). Cognate with Icelandic geyma, Norwegian gjømme, Swedish gömma, Danish gemme, Faroese geymi, Alemannic German gaume, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌿𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gaumjan). Doublet of gaum ("to understand, comprehend"), gorm (“to gape, gawk”), and goam (“to recognise, pay attention”), all from Middle English gome, from Old Norse gaum.
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- Inherited-form mentionyemenenm
- Inherited-form mentionġīemanang
- Inherited-form mention*gaumijanągem-pro
- Cognate mentiongeymais
- Cognate mentiongömmasv
- Cognate mentiongemmeda
- Cognate mentiongeymifo
- Cognate mentiongaumegsw
- Cognate mention𐌲𐌰𐌿𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽got
- Doublet mentiongaumen
- Cognate mentiongomeenm
- Cognate mentiongaumnon
Inspect preserved source fields
Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
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