Appendix:Proto-Germanic/wambō

This entry contains Proto-Germanic 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 *wamp- (“membrane (of bowels), intestines, womb”). Cognate with Old Welsh gumbelauc (“womb”), Breton gwamm (“woman, wife”), Sanskrit  (vapā́, “the skin or membrane lining the intestines or parts of the viscera, the caul or omentum”).

Noun

*wambō f

1. belly, stomach, abdomen
2. womb

Declension

Declension of *wambō (ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wambō	*wambôz
Vocative	*wambō	*wambôz
Accusative	*wambǭ	*wambōz
Genitive	*wambōz	*wambǫ̂
Dative	*wambōi	*wambōmaz
Instrumental	*wambō	*wambōmiz

Descendants

• Old English: wamb, womb
  • Middle English: wambe, wombe
    • Scots: wam, wame
    • English: womb
• Old Frisian: wamme, womme
• Old Saxon: wamba
  • Middle Low German: wamme
    • Low German: Wamme
• Old Frankish: *wamba
  • Old Dutch: *wamba, *wamma
    • Middle Dutch: wamme, wam
      • Dutch: wam
  • Middle 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
      • Middle Latin: gambesōnem
      • Occitan: gambais
      • Old Spanish: gambax
      • Old Portuguese: canbas
• Old High German: wamba
  • Middle High German: wambe, wampe, wamme
    • German: Wamme, Wampe
• Old Norse: vǫmb
  • Icelandic: vömb
  • Faroese: vomb
  • Norwegian: vomb, vom
  • Swedish: våmb, våmm, våm
  • Danish: vom
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌼𐌱𐌰 (wamba)