wam

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch wamme, wam (belly; stomach), from Old Dutch wamba (belly; body), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wambō (belly, stomach, abdomen), from Proto-Indo-European *wamp- (membrane (of bowels), intestines, womb). Related to Dutch wambuis (gambeson), from wamb (belly) + buis (jacket, cover). Cognate to English womb, Scots wam, wame (womb), German Wamme, Wampe (paunch, belly), Danish vom (belly, paunch, rumen), Swedish våmb (belly, stomach, rumen), Norwegian vomb (belly), Icelandic vömb (belly, abdomen, stomach).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʋɑm/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: wam
  • Rhymes: -ɑm

Noun

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wam m or f (plural wammen, diminutive wammetje n)

  1. (archaic) a belly
  2. (archaic) a stomach
  3. a beef dewlap
  4. a fish belly cut open

Synonyms

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Ganglau

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Noun

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wam

  1. arm

Further reading

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Lower Sorbian

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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wam

  1. dative of wy

Middle English

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Pronoun

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wam

  1. Alternative form of whom (who, whom, accusative)

Nafaanra

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Noun

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wam

  1. drought

Polish

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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wam

  1. dative of wy

Saep

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Noun

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wam

  1. arm

Further reading

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Yámana

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Noun

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wam

  1. louse