Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wammaz

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 *wemh₁- (“to spew, vomit”). Cognate with Latin vomō (“I vomit”), Sanskrit वमति (vámati).

Noun

*wammaz m

spot, stain, blemish

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *wammaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wammaz	wammōz, wammōs
vocative	*wamm	wammōz, wammōs
accusative	*wammą	*wammanz
genitive	wammas, wammis	*wammǫ̂
dative	*wammai	*wammamaz
instrumental	*wammō	*wammamiz

Related terms

*wammijaną (“to stain”)

Descendants

Old English: wamm
- Middle English: wemme
  - English: wem
  - Scots: wame
Old Norse: *vamm
- Icelandic: vamm
Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌼𐌼 (wamm)