wam

Meaning

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

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʋɑm/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: wamme

Inherited from Old Dutch: wamba

Cognate with Dutch: wambuis

Cognate with English: womb

Cognate with Scots: wam

Cognate with German: Wamme

Cognate with Danish: vom

Cognate with Swedish: våmb

Cognate with Norwegian: vomb

Cognate with Icelandic: 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”).