An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Ohmet

by Friedrich Kluge

Ohmet, neuter, ‘aftermath,’ from the equivalent Middle High German âmât, Old High German âmâd, neuter; also in the same sense with a different prefix Middle High German uëmet, Old High German uomât, neuter, ‘second mowing of the grass’; for Old High German mâd see under Mahd. The Old High German syllables â and uo are nominal prefixes; Old High German uo also signifies ‘after’ in the compounds uo-quëmo, ‘descendant,’ uo-chumft, ‘succession’; â-, which is usually a negative prefix (see Ohnmacht), means ‘remaining,’ in Old High German â-leiba, Middle High German âleibe, ‘relics.’