wam

(Inglese)

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

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ʋɑm/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da olandese medio: wamme

Ereditato da Old Dutch: wamba

Affine olandese: wambuis

Affine inglese: womb

Affine scozzese: wam

Affine tedesco: Wamme

Affine danese: vom

Affine svedese: våmb

Affine norvegese: vomb

Affine islandese: 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”).