Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wambu

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wambō. Cognate with Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌼𐌱𐌰 (wamba) and Old Norse vǫmb.

Noun

*wambu f

1. womb

   Synonym: *hrif

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wambu
Genitive	*wambā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wambu	*wambō
Accusative	*wambā	*wambā
Genitive	*wambā	*wambō
Dative	*wambē	*wambōm, *wambum
Instrumental	*wambu	*wambōm, *wambum

Descendants

• Old English: wamb, womb
  • Middle English: wombe, wambe, womb, wame, woombe, wome, uombe, wompe, wamb
    • English: womb
    • Geordie English: wyem
    • Scots: wame, wam
• Old Frisian: wamme, womme
• Old Saxon: wamba
  • Middle Low German: wamme
    • German Low German: Wamme
• Frankish: *wamba
  • Old Dutch: *wamba, *wamma
    • Middle Dutch: wamme, wam
      • Dutch: wam
  • → Medieval Latin: wambāsium, wambōsium
    • Old French: wambais, gambais; wambison, gambison, gambeison
      • → Middle English: gambeson, gambison
        • English: gambeson, gambison
      • → Middle Low German: wambois, wambōs, wambūs, wambes, wammes, wams
      • → Middle Dutch: wambaes, wambeis, wambois, wambuus, wammes
        • Dutch: wambuis, wammes
      • → Middle High German: wambeis
        • German: Wams
          • → Saterland Frisian: Wams
      • → Medieval Latin: gambesōnem
      • → Occitan: gambais
      • → Old Spanish: gambax
      • → Old Galician-Portuguese: canbas
• Old High German: wamba
  • Middle High German: wambe, wampe, wamme
    • German: Wamme, Wampe
      • → Saterland Frisian: Wampe
    • Bavarian: Wampn