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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/swamm
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *swammaz.
Noun
*swamm m
- mushroom, fungus
- sponge
Inflection
Masculine a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *swamm | |
Genitive | *swammas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *swamm | *swammō, *swammōs |
Accusative | *swamm | *swammā |
Genitive | *swammas | *swammō |
Dative | *swammē | *swammum |
Instrumental | *swammu | *swammum |
Descendants
- Old English: swamm
- Middle English: swam
- (Scots: swaam)
- (English: swamp)
- Middle English: swam
- Old Frisian: *swam, *swom
- Saterland Frisian: Swom, Swam
- West Frisian: swam
- Old Saxon: swamm, swam
- Middle Low German: swam
- German Low German: Swamm
- Middle Low German: swam
- Old Dutch: *swamm
- Middle Dutch: swamme, swam
- Dutch: zwam
- Afrikaans: swam
- Dutch: zwam
- Middle Dutch: swamme, swam
- Old High German: swamb, swam, swamp
- Middle High German: swam, swamme, swamp
- German: Schwamm
- Luxembourgish: Schwamp
- Yiddish: שוואָם (shvom), שוועמל (shveml)
- Middle High German: swam, swamme, swamp