Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wambō

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

Disputed; two competing hypotheses are:

  • From Proto-Indo-European *wamp- (“membrane (of bowels), intestines, womb”) and cognate with Old Welsh gumbelauc (“womb”), Breton gwamm (“woman, wife”), Sanskrit वपा (vapā́, “the skin or membrane lining the intestines or parts of the viscera, the caul or omentum”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
  • From a root *gʷʰembʰ- (“womb”) whence also Sanskrit गभ (gabhá, “vagina”).[1] (See also *wībą (“woman, wife”).)

The latter etymology assumes that Germanic *w is the expected outcome of PIE *gʷʰ, but this is debated; see *warmaz for discussion.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwɑm.bɔː/

Noun

*wambō f[1]

  1. belly, stomach, abdomen
    Synonyms: *kweþuz, *ambô, *magô, *balgiz
  2. womb
    Synonyms: *kweþuz, *kilþį̄

Inflection

Declension of *wambō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *wambō *wambôz
vocative *wambō *wambôz
accusative *wambǭ *wambōz
genitive *wambōz *wambǫ̂
dative *wambōi *wambōmaz
instrumental *wambō *wambōmiz

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wambō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 572
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page xxviii: “*wambō-”
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