wam
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ʋɑm/
noun
Definitions
- (archaic) a belly
- (archaic) a stomach
- a beef dewlap
- a fish belly cut open
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch wamme inherited from Old Dutch wamba (belly, body) derived from Proto-Germanic *wambō (belly, womb, stomach, abdomen) derived from Proto-Indo-European *wamp- (membrane, womb, intestines).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wamp-
Gloss
membrane, womb, intestines
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
腸
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- enwomb English
- inwomb English
- wanty English
- womb English
- womb-brother English
- womb-child English
- wombchild English
- wombgate English
- wombless English
- womblike English
- wombly English
- wombman English
- wombmate English
- womby English
- Ambrones Latin
- Wamme German
- wambuis Dutch, Flemish
- *wamp- Proto-Indo-European
- *wambō Proto-Germanic
- wamb Old English
- womb Old English
- वपा Sanskrit
- wombe Middle English
- vǫmb Old Norse
- vom Danish
- wambais Old French
- bjórvömb Icelandic
- vömb Icelandic
- wamme Middle Dutch
- wamba Old High German
- wambe Middle High German
- 𐍅𐌰𐌼𐌱𐌰 Gothic
- wamba Old Dutch
- *wamba Frankish