swamm
Old English
noun
Definitions
- mushroom, fungus
- sponge
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *swammaz (sponge, mushroom, fungus, tree-fungus) derived from Proto-Indo-European *swombh- (tree-fungus, swamp, sponge).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*swombh-
Gloss
tree-fungus, swamp, sponge
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
沢
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Chinese mushroom English
- beefsteak mushroom English
- mushie English
- mushroom English
- mushroomburger English
- mushroomer English
- mushroomless English
- mushroomlike English
- mushroomoid English
- mushroomy English
- sump English
- swamp English
- Meeresschwamm German
- Schwamm German
- schwammartig German
- schwammig German
- *swombh- Proto-Indo-European
- *swombʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *swambaz Proto-Germanic
- *swammaz Proto-Germanic
- マッシュルーム Japanese
- feld Old English
- feldswamm Old English
- mete Old English
- meteswamm Old English
- musheron Middle English
- sompe Middle English
- swam Middle English
- soppr Old Norse
- svampr Old Norse
- svǫppr Old Norse
- sveppur Icelandic
- मशरूम Hindi
- somp Middle Dutch
- soppur Faroese
- svøppur Faroese
- swamme Middle High German
- 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌼𐌼𐍃 Gothic
- *swam Old Dutch
- *homeh Proto-Finnic