Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wammaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

1. 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
• Proto-Norse: *ᚹᚨᛗᛗᚨᛉ (*wammaʀ)
  • Old Norse: vamm, vǫmm
    • Icelandic: vamm
  • → Finnish: vamma
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌼𐌼 (wamm)