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latin 'avunculus' "mother's brother"

> Sander Saturday, June 11, 2005, 19:27 GMT
Dutch:
Grandfather = Grootvader (rather old fashioned)
Grandmother = Grootmoeder (rather old fashioned)
Grandpa = Opa
Grandma =Oma
Great grandmother = Overgrootmoeder = opoe


Dutch:
1. Grandmother = Grootmoeder (rather old fashioned)
2. Grandma =Oma

Hokkienese:
Grandmother = Am-ma, In-ma or A-ma.

The words "Oma" and "Am-ma" are similar in reading. So the "Oma" may be rather old fashioned than "Grootmoeder".

Leasnam,
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latin 'avunculus' "mother's brother"


The modern French "oncle" may be a word from Frankish. We can compare the cases 1, 2 and 3.

The sounds of 1. om (oma), 2. on (ond) and 3. ong (oncle) can be changed into the sounds of 1. am (am-ma), 2. an (and, an) and 3. ang (angles, uncle, an-ku).

1.
Dutch: oma
Hokkienese: am-ma
(Grandma)

2.
Anglo-Saxon: ond
English: and
Hokkienese: an
(and)

3.
France: oncle
Anglo-Saxon: angles
English: uncle (pronounce as: ang ker)
Hokkienese: an-ku
(mother's brother)