amma.
wet nurse
Meaning & usage
wet nurse
a nocturnal bird, perhaps the screech owl
Where this word comes from
Pokorny suggests a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *amma-, *ama- (“mother”). Compare Latin amita (“paternal aunt”), Latin anus (“crone”) and Old High German amma (“wet nurse”). It may also represent an infantile modification of mamma.
amma; a spiritual mother or abbess in early monasticism, a Desert Mother
Vita Ammae Talidae
Where this word comes from
From Classical Syriac ܐܸܡܵܐ (ʾemmā, “mother, abbess”) via Koine Greek ἀμμᾶς (ammâs), ἀμμά (ammá), perhaps reinforced by Etymology 1.
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