Words that come from Proto-Germanic “wambō”

52 words across 21 languages descend from Proto-Germanic wambō — including womb, womblike, wame, gambeson, enwombed, wombless, wameful, enwomb.

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English (13)

Middle English (7)

Old French (4)

Old English (3)

German (3)

Dutch (2)

Danish (2)

Icelandic (2)

Scots (2)

Middle Dutch (2)

Middle High German (2)

Gothic (1)

Faroese (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

Old Norse (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Frankish (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Old High German (1)

Medieval Latin (1)