Words that come from Proto-Germanic “swammaz”

70 words across 24 languages descend from Proto-Germanic swammaz — including swamp, swampy, swampland, swamper, backswamp, swampiness, swamplike, swampish.

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English (12)

Faroese (9)

Finnish (8)

Norwegian Nynorsk (4)

German (4)

Dutch (3)

Icelandic (3)

Old Norse (3)

Old English (3)

Middle High German (3)

Swedish (2)

Old Swedish (2)

Yiddish (2)

Old Frisian (2)

Westrobothnian (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Danish (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Middle English (1)

Proto-Finnic (1)

Old Danish (1)

Old High German (1)