wam

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”).

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Noun

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

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

Noun

wam

1. arm

Further reading

• Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975), page 602

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [wam]

Pronoun

wam

1. dative of wy

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vam/

Pronoun

wam

1. dative of wy

Noun

wam

1. arm

Further reading

• Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975), page 602