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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wambu
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wambō. Cognate with Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌼𐌱𐌰 (wamba) and Old Norse vǫmb.
Noun
*wambu f
- womb
- Synonym: *hrif
Inflection
ō-stem | ||
---|---|---|
Singular | ||
Nominative | *wambu | |
Genitive | *wambā | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *wambu | *wambō |
Accusative | *wambā | *wambā |
Genitive | *wambā | *wambō |
Dative | *wambē | *wambōm |
Instrumental | *wambu | *wambōm |
Descendants
- Old English: wamb, womb
- Middle English: wombe, wambe, womb, wame, woombe, wome, uombe, wompe, wamb
- English: womb
- Scots: wame, wam
- Middle English: wombe, wambe, womb, wame, woombe, wome, uombe, wompe, wamb
- Old Frisian: wamme, womme
- Saterland Frisian: Wams
- Old Saxon: wamba
- Middle Low German: wamme
- German Low German: Wamme
- Middle Low German: wamme
- Frankish: *wamba
- Old Dutch: *wamba, *wamma
- Middle Dutch: wamme, wam
- Dutch: wam
- Middle Dutch: wamme, 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
- → Middle English: gambeson, gambison
- Old French: wambais, gambais; wambison, gambison, gambeison
- Old Dutch: *wamba, *wamma
- Old High German: wamba
- Middle High German: wambe, wampe, wamme
- German: Wamme, Wampe
- → Saterland Frisian: Wampe
- German: Wamme, Wampe
- Middle High German: wambe, wampe, wamme