Where does “swamp” come from?

Swamp comes from Middle English swamm, from Old English swamm, from Proto-Germanic swammaz, from Proto-Indo-European swombʰ-.

swamp (English): A piece of wet, spongy land; low ground saturated...

Definitions

  1. A piece of wet, spongy land; low ground saturated...

Ancestry of “swamp”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishswamswamp, muddy pool, bog, marsh", also "fungus,...
2Old Englishswammmushroom, fungus; sponge; first/third-person...
3Proto-Germanic*swammaz
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswombh-sponge, tree-fungus, swamp

Words derived from “swamp

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swombh-
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