Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/swamm

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 *swammaz.

Noun

*swamm m

1. mushroom, fungus
2. sponge

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*swamm
Genitive	*swammas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*swamm	*swammō, *swammōs
Accusative	*swamm	*swammā
Genitive	*swammas	*swammō
Dative	*swammē	*swammum
Instrumental	*swammu	*swammum

Alternative reconstructions

• *swamb

Descendants

• Old English: swamm
  • Middle English: swam
    • (Scots: swaam)
    • (English: swamp)
• Old Frisian: *swam, *swom
  • Saterland Frisian: Swom, Swam
  • West Frisian: swam
• Old Saxon: swamm, swam
  • Middle Low German: swam
    • German Low German: Swamm
• Old Dutch: *swamm
  • Middle Dutch: swamme, swam
    • Dutch: zwam
      • Afrikaans: swam
• Old High German: swamb, swam, swamp
  • Middle High German: swam, swamme, swamp
    • Bavarian: Schwåmm, Schwammerl
    • German: Schwamm
    • Luxembourgish: Schwamp
    • Yiddish: שוואָם (shvom), שוועמל (shveml)