Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/pamp-

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bamb- (“round object”). Compare Lithuanian bamba (“navel, belly button”), Lithuanian bumbulas (“bulge, knob, bulb”), Proto-Slavic *pǫpъ (“bud, navel”).

Verb

*pamp-

  1. to swell

Derived terms

  • *pampijaną
  • *pampōną

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *pamp-, *pampōn
    • Old Frisian: *pampia; *pampelia
      • Saterland Frisian: ferpäppelje
      • West Frisian: pampelje
    • Old Saxon: *pampōn
    • Old Dutch: *pampōn
      • Middle Dutch: *pampen
        • Dutch: slampampen; pampelen; pamperen
        • West Flemish: pamperen
    • Old High German: *pampfōn
      • Middle High German: *pampfen
        • German: pampfen; Pampf (dialectal); pampeln; bamben
  • Old Norse: *pampa; *pempa; pampi
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