wam
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch wamme, wam (“belly; stomach”), from Old Dutch wamba (“belly; body”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wambō (“belly, stomach, abdomen”), from Proto-Indo-European *wamp- (“membrane (of bowels), intestines, womb”). Related to Dutch wambuis (“gambeson”), from wamb (“belly”) + buis (“jacket, cover”). Cognate to English womb, Scots wam, wame (“womb”), German Wamme, Wampe (“paunch, belly”), Danish vom (“belly, paunch, rumen”), Swedish våmb (“belly, stomach, rumen”), Norwegian vomb (“belly”), Icelandic vömb (“belly, abdomen, stomach”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
wam m or f (plural wammen, diminutive wammetje n)
Synonyms edit
Ganglau edit
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wam
Further reading edit
- Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975), page 602
Lower Sorbian edit
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wam
Middle English edit
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wam
- Alternative form of whom (“who, whom”, accusative)
Nafaanra edit
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wam
Polish edit
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wam
Saep edit
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wam
Further reading edit
- Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975), page 602
Yámana edit
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wam