Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-m-, a derivation of *h₂ew- ‎(“to see, perceive”). Cognate with Lithuanian aumuõ ‎(“mind”) and indirectly Ancient Greek αἰσθάνομαι ‎(aisthánomai, “to perceive”), Sanskrit आविस् ‎(āvís, “openly, manifestly, evidently”), Latin audiō, and Hittite 𒌋𒀪𒄭 ‎(u-uḫ-ḫi, “I see”).