Proto-IE: *mā-; *māmā
Meaning: mother
Old Indian: mā f. `mother' (L.); māma- m. `dear friend, uncle'
Armenian: mam `Grossmutter'
Old Greek: voc. mā̂ gā̂ `o Mutter Erde!', mâi̯a `Mutter'; (att.) `Amme, Hebamme', (dor.) `Grossmutter'; mámmǟ f. `Mutter, Mutterbrust, Grossmutter'
Slavic: *mā́mā
Latin: Maia f. `grosse Göttin = Erde, Kultgenossin des Vulkan und Mutter des Merkur', Maius, -ī m. `der Monat Mai' || mamma f. `Mama, Mutter; Amme'
Celtic: *mammiā > OIr muimme `Pflegemutter'; *mammā > Ir mam `Mutter', Cymr mam `Mutter', Corn mam `Mutter', Bret mam `Mutter'
Albanian: mεmε, geg. mamε Mutter
Russ. meaning: мать
Comments: The same root as in *mā-t-er- (729).
