, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi ("I am, I exist"). Cognate with Old Norse em (Old Swedish æm), Gothic 𐌹𐌼, Ancient Greek εἰμῐ́, Old Armenian եմ, Tosk Albanian jam.
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