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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wambō

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

Disputed; two competing hypotheses are:

  • From Proto-Indo-European *wamp- (“membrane (of bowels), intestines, womb”) and cognate with Old Welsh gumbelauc (“womb”), Breton gwamm (“woman, wife”), Sanskrit वपा (vapā́, “the skin or membrane lining the intestines or parts of the viscera, the caul or omentum”).
  • From a root *gʷʰembʰ- (“womb”) whence also Sanskrit गभ (gabhá, “vagina”).[1] (See also *wībą (“woman, wife”).)

The latter etymology assumes that Germanic *w is the expected outcome of PIE *gʷʰ, but this is debated; see *warmaz for discussion.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈwɑm.bɔː/

Noun

*wambō f [1]

  1. belly, stomach, abdomen
    Synonyms: *kweþuz, *ambô, *magô, *balgiz
  2. womb
    Synonyms: *kweþuz, *kilþį̄

Inflection
ō-stemDeclension of *wambō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *wambō *wambôz
vocative *wambō *wambôz
accusative *wambǭ *wambōz
genitive *wambōz *wambǫ̂
dative *wambōi *wambōmaz
instrumental *wambō *wambōmiz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *wambu
    • Old English: wamb, womb
    • Old Frisian: wamme, womme
    • Old Saxon: wamba
    • Frankish: *wamba
      • Old Dutch: *wamba, *wamma
      • → Medieval Latin: wambāsium, wambōsium
        • Old French: wambais, gambais; wambison, gambison, gambeison
          • → Middle English: gambeson, gambison
          • → Middle Low German: wambois, wambōs, wambūs, wambes, wammes, wams
          • → Middle Dutch: wambaes, wambeis, wambois, wambuus, wammes
          • → Middle High German: wambeis
          • → Medieval Latin: gambesōnem
          • → Occitan: gambais
          • → Old Spanish: gambax
          • → Old Galician-Portuguese: canbas
    • Old High German: wamba
  • Old Norse: vǫmb
    • Icelandic: vömb
    • Faroese: vomb
    • Norwegian Bokmål: vom
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: vom
    • Jamtish: vamb
    • Elfdalian: uomb
    • Old Swedish: vāmb
    • Old Danish: wāmb
    • Gutnish: vamb
  • Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌼𐌱𐌰 (wamba)

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages xxviii and 572: “*wambō-”
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