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English word mamaw comes from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂-méh₂-, and later Proto-Germanic *mōmǭ (Aunt, auntie. Mama, mother.)
*méh₂-méh₂- (Proto-Indo-European)
*mōmǭ (Proto-Germanic)
Aunt, auntie. Mama, mother.
*mōme (Old English)
mome (Middle English)
mama (English)
(hypocoristic, usually, childish) Mother, female parent.
mamaw (English)
(US, dialect, Southern US) One's grandmother, especially one's maternal grandmother.. (US, dialect, Southern US, less commonly) One's mother.. UK `dialect `Scottish lowlands` one's mother.