wam

Reikšmė (anglų kalba)

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

Tariama kaip (IPA)

/ʋɑm/

Etimologija (anglų kalba)

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”).