hame

Meaning

Noun

• A covering, skin, membrane.
• Part of the harness that fits round the neck of a draught horse that the reins pass through.
• Alternative of halm

Origin

• From Middle English hame, home, from Old English hama, homa, from Proto-Germanic *hamô, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱam-. Cognate with Danish ham, Danish hams. More at heaven.
• From Middle English hame, from Middle Dutch hame, from Old Dutch *hamo, from Proto-Germanic *hamô, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱam-. Cognate with Middle Low German ham, hame, Old High German hamo (Modern German dialectal Hame, Hamen, Ham).
• From Middle English ham, from Old English hām. More at home.
• From earlier haum, haume.