wam

Dutch

Etymology

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

Noun

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

Ganglau

Noun

wam

  1. arm

Further reading

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [wam]

Pronoun

wam

  1. dative of wy

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vam/

Pronoun

wam

  1. dative of wy

Saep

Noun

wam

  1. arm

Further reading
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