Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wambō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wamp- (“membrane (of bowels), intestines, womb”). Cognate with Old Welsh gumbelauc (“womb”), Breton gwamm (“woman, wife”), Sanskrit वपा (vapā́, “the skin or membrane lining the intestines or parts of the viscera, the caul or omentum”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwɑm.bɔː/

Noun

*wambō f

belly, stomach, abdomen
womb

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *wambō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wambō	*wambôz
vocative	*wambō	*wambôz
accusative	*wambǭ	*wambōz
genitive	*wambōz	*wambǫ̂
dative	*wambōi	*wambōmaz
instrumental	*wambō	*wambōmiz

Descendants

Old English: wamb, womb, ƿamb
- Middle English: wombe, wambe, womb, wame, woombe, wome, uombe, wompe, wamb
  - English: womb
  - Scots: wame, wam
Old Frisian: wamme, womme
- Saterland Frisian: Wams
Old Saxon: wamba
- Middle Low German: wamme
  - German Low German: Wamme
Frankish: *wamba
- Old Dutch: *wamba, *wamma
  - Middle Dutch: wamme, wam
    - Dutch: wam
- → Medieval Latin: wambāsium, wambōsium
  - Old French: wambais, gambais; wambison, gambison, gambeison
    - → Middle English: gambeson, gambison
      - English: gambeson, gambison
    - → Middle Low German: wambois, wambōs, wambūs, wambes, wammes, wams
    - → Middle Dutch: wambaes, wambeis, wambois, wambuus, wammes
      - Dutch: wambuis, wammes
    - → Middle High German: wambeis
      - German: Wams
    - → Medieval Latin: gambesōnem
    - → Occitan: gambais
    - → Old Spanish: gambax
    - → Old Portuguese: canbas
Old High German: wamba
- Middle High German: wambe, wampe, wamme
  - German: Wamme, Wampe
    - → Saterland Frisian: Wampe
Old Norse: vǫmb
- Icelandic: vömb
- Faroese: vomb
- Norwegian: vom
- Old Swedish: vāmb
  - Swedish: våm
- Old Danish: wāmb
  - Danish: vom
- Westrobothnian: hvamb, hwam, gvam, vadd, wemb
- Elfdalian: uomb
- Jamtish: vamb
- Gutnish: vamb
- Scanian: vám
Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌼𐌱𐌰 (wamba)

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