An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Ohmet

by Friedrich Kluge

Ohmet, n., ‘aftermath,’ from the equiv. MidHG. âmât, OHG. âmâd, n.; also in the same sense with a different prefix MidHG. uëmet, OHG. uomât, n., ‘second mowing of the grass’; for OHG. mâd see under Mahd. The OHG. syllables â and uo are nominal prefixes; OHG. 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 OHG. â-leiba, MidHG. âleibe, ‘relics.’