Meanings
hame1
hame2
plural hames
- Part of the harness that fits round the neck of a draught horse that the reins pass through.
hame3
plural hames
- Northern EnglishScottishScottish and Northern English form of home
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Origin
hame · noun
- Proto-Germanic*hamô“clothes, skirt”
- Old Englishhama
- Middle Englishhame
- Englishhame
From Middle English hame, home, from Old English hama, homa (“a cover, skin”), from Proto-Germanic *hamô (“clothes, skirt”). Cognate with Old Norse hamr and its descendants, such as Danish ham (“skin, bladder, figure”), Danish hams (“shell, sleeve”).
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Full word history & related roots →hame · noun
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱom-“part of a harness”
- Proto-Germanic*hamô“fishnet, collar for a horse”
- Frankish*hamō
- Old Dutch*hamo
- Middle Dutchhame“horse collar, harness, fishnet”
- Middle Englishhame
- Englishhame
From Middle English hame, from Middle Dutch hame (“horse collar, harness, fishnet”), from Old Dutch *hamo, from Frankish *hamō, from Proto-Germanic *hamô (“fishnet, collar for a horse”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱom- (“part of a harness”). Cognate with Middle Low German ham, hame (“collar, fishnet”), Old High German hamo (“sack-like fishnet”) (Modern German dialectal Hame, Hamen (“hand fishnet”), Ham (“horse collar”)).
More words from Middle English, Middle Dutch, Old Dutch
Full word history & related roots →hame · noun
- Old Englishhām“home”
- Middle Englishham
- Englishhame
From Middle English ham, from Old English hām (“home”). More at home.
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Finnish länget
- längetmetal or wooden pieces of a horse collar to which the traces (straps, ropes or chains) of the harness are attached by which a carriage or wagon is drawn.
Irish amaí
- amaímetal or wooden pieces of a horse collar to which the traces (straps, ropes or chains) of the harness are attached by which a carriage or wagon is drawn.
Māori hemi
- hemimetal or wooden pieces of a horse collar to which the traces (straps, ropes or chains) of the harness are attached by which a carriage or wagon is drawn.
Polish kleszczyna
- kleszczynametal or wooden pieces of a horse collar to which the traces (straps, ropes or chains) of the harness are attached by which a carriage or wagon is drawn.
Russian хомутовые клещи
- хомутовые клещи (xomutovyje klešči)metal or wooden pieces of a horse collar to which the traces (straps, ropes or chains) of the harness are attached by which a carriage or wagon is drawn.
Ukrainian клі́щі
- клі́щі (klíšči)metal or wooden pieces of a horse collar to which the traces (straps, ropes or chains) of the harness are attached by which a carriage or wagon is drawn.
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Cite this entry
hame. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hame
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