FromMiddle Englishhame,home, fromOld Englishhama,homa(“a cover, skin”), fromProto-Germanic*hamô(“clothes, skirt”). Cognate withOld Norsehamr and its descendants, such asDanishham(“skin, bladder, figure”),Danishhams(“shell, sleeve”).
hame (pluralhames)
FromMiddle Englishhame, fromMiddle Dutchhame(“horse collar, harness, fishnet”), fromOld Dutch*hamo, fromFrankish*hamō, fromProto-Germanic*hamô(“fishnet, collar for a horse”), fromProto-Indo-European*ḱom-(“part of a harness”).
Cognate withMiddle Low Germanham,hame(“collar, fishnet”),Old High Germanhamo(“sack-like fishnet”) (ModernGerman dialectalHame,Hamen(“hand fishnet”),Ham(“horse collar”)).
hame (pluralhames)
FromMiddle Englishham, fromOld Englishhām(“home”). More athome.
hame (pluralhames)
hame (pluralhames)
FromMiddle High Germanheim, fromOld High Germanheim, fromProto-Germanic*haimaz. Cognate withGermanHeim,Dutchheem,Englishhome,Icelandicheimur; alsoAlbaniankomb.
hame n

FromProto-Finnic*hamëh, borrowed fromProto-Germanic*hamiz (compareOld Norsehamr) or*hamisaz(“shirt”) (compareOld Norsehams).
hame
| Inflection ofhame (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | hame | hameet | |
| genitive | hameen | hameiden hameitten | |
| partitive | hametta | hameita | |
| illative | hameeseen | hameisiin hameihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | hame | hameet | |
| accusative | nom. | hame | hameet |
| gen. | hameen | ||
| genitive | hameen | hameiden hameitten | |
| partitive | hametta | hameita | |
| inessive | hameessa | hameissa | |
| elative | hameesta | hameista | |
| illative | hameeseen | hameisiin hameihin | |
| adessive | hameella | hameilla | |
| ablative | hameelta | hameilta | |
| allative | hameelle | hameille | |
| essive | hameena | hameina | |
| translative | hameeksi | hameiksi | |
| abessive | hameetta | hameitta | |
| instructive | — | hamein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Frommehame.
hame

FromProto-Finnic*hamëh. Cognates includeFinnishhame andEstonianhame.
hame
| Declension ofhame (type 6/lähe, no gradation, gemination) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | hame | hammeet |
| genitive | hammeen | hammein |
| partitive | hametta | hammeita |
| illative | hammeesse | hammeisse |
| inessive | hammees | hammeis |
| elative | hammeest | hammeist |
| allative | hammeelle | hammeille |
| adessive | hammeel | hammeil |
| ablative | hammeelt | hammeilt |
| translative | hammeeks | hammeiks |
| essive | hammeenna,hammeen | hammeinna,hammein |
| exessive1) | hammeent | hammeint |
| 1) obsolete *) theaccusative corresponds with either thegenitive (sg) ornominative (pl) **) thecomitative is formed by adding the suffix-ka? or-kä? to thegenitive. | ||
hāme
FromOld Englishhama,homa, fromProto-West Germanic*hamō, fromProto-Germanic*hamô(“cover, skin”).
hame (pluralhames)
FromMiddle Dutchhame(“horse collar, harness; fishnet”), fromOld Dutch*hamo, fromProto-Germanic*hamô(“fishnet; collar for a horse”).
hame (pluralhames)
hame (pluralhames)
hame
hame
hame
hāme
hame
FromMiddle Englishham,hame, northern variants ofhome, fromOld Englishhām, fromProto-Germanic*haimaz.
hame (pluralhames)
hame (notcomparable)