*wambō

Runic: ᚹᚨᛗᛒᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈwɑm.bɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

belly, stomach, abdomen
womb

Etymology

Disputed; two competing hypotheses are:

The latter etymology assumes that Germanic *w is the expected outcome of PIE *gʷʰ, but this is debated; see *warmaz for discussion.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	wambō	wambôz
Acc.	wambǭ	wambōz
Gen.	wambōz	wambǫ̂
Dat.	wambōi	wambōmaz
Inst.	wambō	wambōmiz
Voc.	wambō	wambôz

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Descendants

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

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