Proto-Germanic: *xamō, *xammō
Meaning: ham, ind part of the knee
Old Norse: hɔm f. `Hinterschenkel'
Norwegian: hombōt `Kniekehle'
Swedish: dial. hamboge `Kniekehle'
Danish: dial. hambugt `Kniekehle'
Old English: ham (hom, hamm), -e f. `ham, inner or hind part of the knee'
English: ham
Middle Dutch: hamme f. `achterschenkel, ham'; hāme `id.'
Dutch: ham f.
Middle Low German: hamme, hame `achterschenkel, ham'
Old High German: hamma `Hinterschenkel, Kniekehle', hama `achterschenkel'
Middle High German: hamme st./wk. f. 'hinterschenkel, schinken; kniekehle'
