Ohm

• IPA^(key): /oːm/

From northern Middle High German ōem and Middle Low German ōm, with reduction of the unstressed ultima and regular loss of intervocalic -h- from Old High German ōheim, Old Saxon *ōhēm, from Proto-West Germanic *auhaim (“maternal uncle”).

Ohm m (strong, genitive Ohms, plural Ohme or Ohms)

1. (archaic, especially informal) Alternative form of Oheim (“uncle”)

• Ihmchen (probably)

From the noun (etymology 1).

Ohm m or f (proper noun, strong, genitive Ohms)

1. a surname

From the physicist Georg Ohm.

Ohm n (strong, genitive Ohms, plural Ohm)

1. ohm (unit of electrical resistance)