meemaw

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English word meemaw comes from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂-méh₂- (reduplication of mother) and later Proto-Germanic *mōmǭ (mama, mother, aunt, auntie)

*méh₂-méh₂- (Proto-Indo-European)

Reduplication of mother.

*mōmǭ (Proto-Germanic)

Aunt, auntie. Mama, mother.

*mōme (Old English)

Mother

mome (Middle English)

Mother

mama (English)

(hypocoristic, usually, childish) Mother, female parent.

meemaw (English)

(US, dialect, Southern US) Grandmother.

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