wam

Signification (English)

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

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ʋɑm/

Etymology (English)

Inherited from moyen néerlandais: wamme

Inherited from Old Dutch: wamba

Cognate with néerlandais: wambuis

Cognate with anglais: womb

Cognate with écossais: wam

Cognate with allemand: Wamme

Cognate with danois: vom

Cognate with suédois: våmb

Cognate with norvégien: vomb

Cognate with islandais: vömb

In summary

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”).