wam

Betekenis (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

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ʋɑm/

Etymology (English)

Inherited from Middelnederlands: wamme

Inherited from Old Dutch: wamba

Cognate with Nederlands: wambuis

Cognate with Engels: womb

Cognate with Schots: wam

Cognate with Duits: Wamme

Cognate with Deens: vom

Cognate with Zweeds: våmb

Cognate with Noors: vomb

Cognate with IJslands: 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”).