Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wambō
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Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]*wambō f [1]
Inflection
[edit]ō-stemDeclension of *wambō (ō-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *wambō | *wambôz | |
vocative | *wambō | *wambôz | |
accusative | *wambǭ | *wambōz | |
genitive | *wambōz | *wambǫ̂ | |
dative | *wambōi | *wambōmaz | |
instrumental | *wambō | *wambōmiz |
Descendants
[edit]- 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
- Old High German: wamba
- Old Norse: vǫmb
- Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌼𐌱𐌰 (wamba)
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages xxviii and 572: “*wambō-”