"whom" meaning in Middle English

See whom in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: /hwɔːm/, /hwoːm/, /hwam/, /hwɑːm/ (note: early), /hwɑːm/ [Northern] Forms: and dative case [accusative], who [nominative]
Etymology: table From Old English hwām, hwǣm (dative of hwā), from Proto-West Germanic *hwammē (dative of *hwaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *hwammai (dative of *hwaz), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷósmey (dative of *kʷós). Forms with short /a/ are generalised unstressed forms. Etymology templates: {{etymid|enm|whom}} table, {{inh|enm|ang|hwām}} Old English hwām, {{m|ang|hwǣm}} hwǣm, {{m|ang|hwā}} hwā, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*hwammē}} Proto-West Germanic *hwammē, {{m|gmw-pro|*hwaʀ}} *hwaʀ, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*hwammai}} Proto-Germanic *hwammai, {{m|gem-pro|*hwaz}} *hwaz, {{inh|enm|ine-pro|*kʷósmey}} Proto-Indo-European *kʷósmey, {{m|ine-pro|*kʷós}} *kʷós Head templates: {{head|enm|pronoun|singular or plural, accusative and dative case, nominative|who}} whom (singular or plural, accusative and dative case, nominative who)
  1. (interrogative) (to) who, whom (accusative or dative) Tags: interrogative, plural, singular
    Sense id: en-whom-enm-pron-Fxm65-tV
  2. (relative) (to) who, whom (accusative or dative) Tags: plural, relative, singular
    Sense id: en-whom-enm-pron-Fxm65-tV1
  3. (relative) (to) whoever, whomever (accusative or dative) Tags: plural, relative, singular
    Sense id: en-whom-enm-pron-GTQYVuVS
  4. (relative, uncommon) that (accusative, inanimate) Tags: plural, relative, singular, uncommon
    Sense id: en-whom-enm-pron--V85xHxo
  5. (indefinite, rare) (to) anyone, someone (usually accusative or dative) Tags: indefinite, plural, rare, singular
    Sense id: en-whom-enm-pron-mU-nuciw
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ȝwam, hom, home, huam, qwom, wam, wham, whem, whome, whoom, whoome, quam [Northern], quem, quuam, qwam, whaim, whame, whaym, hwem, whamm, whæm Synonyms (early): hwam Disambiguation of 'early': 0 0 0 0 0

Alternative forms

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