êm

animal feed, fodder, feed grains, feed, bait, food, nutrient, crop

From Proto-Indo-European root *mē- meaning "to cut down grass or grain",

Greek (poetic) amao,
Latin metere "to reap, mow, crop",
Italian mietere,
Old Irish meithleorai "reapers",
Welsh medi,
Old English mawan "to mow" mæd "meadow, mæð "a mowing, cutting of grass".

Proto-Germanic *mediz,
Old Frisian meth,
Old High German mad,
German Mahd "mowing, hay crop".