gaum
/ɡɔːm/ · noun
Meaning
- Heed; attention.
- To understand; comprehend; consider.
- To smear.
- Grime.
- A bit, a small amount.
- A useless person.
- Alternative form of gorm (to make a mess of).
- A village.
Etymology / origin
The noun is from dialectal (Northern) English, from Middle English gome, from Old Norse gaum, gaumr (“heed, attention”), from Proto-Germanic *gaumō (“attention”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰowe- (“to heed, pay attention”). The verb is from Middle English *gomen, from the noun. Compare native Middle English yemen, from Old English ġīeman (“to care for, heed”), and Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌿𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gaumjan, “observe”).
- 𐌲𐌰𐌿𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽(Gothic)→
- ġīeman(ang)→
- yemen(Middle English)→
- *gomen(enm)→
- *gʰowe-(ine-pro)→
- *gaumō(gem-pro)→
- gaum(non)→
- gome(Middle English)→
- gaum (English)
- Relations: der, der, der, der, der, cog, cog, cog
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