muime

muime
a step-mother, nurse, Irish buime, muime, a nurse, Early Irish mumme, nurse, stepmother: *mud-s-mjâ, nurse, "suckler", root mud, suck; Latin mulier, woman; Greek $$Gmúxw, suck, $$Gmúdos, damp; Lithuanian máudyti, bath. It has also been paralleled to Latin mamma, German muhme, mother's sister, stepmother.

Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. . 1982.

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