*wammaz

Runic: ᚹᚨᛗᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈwɑm.mɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

spot, stain, blemish

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wemh₁- (‘to spew, vomit’). Cognate with Latin vomō (‘I vomit’), Sanskrit वमति (vámati) (vámati).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	wammaz	wammōz, wammōs
Acc.	wammą	wammanz
Gen.	wammas, wammis	wammǫ̂
Dat.	wammai	wammamaz
Inst.	wammō	wammamiz
Voc.	wamm	wammōz, wammōs

Descendants

wamm (Old English)
- wemme (Middle English)
  - wem (English)
  - wame (Scots)
*ᚹᚨᛗᛗᚨᛉ (*wammaʀ) (Proto-Norse)
- vamma (Finnish)
*ᚹᚨᛗᛗᚨᛉ (*wammaʀ) (Proto-Norse)
- vamm, vǫmm (Old Norse)
  - vamm (Icelandic)
𐍅𐌰𐌼𐌼 (wamm) (Gothic)

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