svamp

Swedish

noun

Definitions

(countable) fungus
(countable) mushroom
(countable) sponge (piece of porous material used for washing)

Etymology

Derived from Old Swedish svamper derived from Old Norse svampr.

Origin

Old Norse

svampr

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

backswamp English
paleoswamp English
swamp English
swampbilly English
swamper English
swamphen English
swampish English
swampland English
swampless English
swamplife English
swamplike English
swampy English
zwamp Dutch, Flemish
*swammaz Proto-Germanic
hussopp Norwegian Nynorsk
røyksopp Norwegian Nynorsk
sopp Norwegian Nynorsk
soppinfeksjon Norwegian Nynorsk
steinsopp Norwegian Nynorsk
swam Middle English
soppr Old Norse
svampr Old Norse
svamper Old Swedish
swamp Old Danish
swampu Sranan Tongo