Where does “Schwamm” come from?

Schwamm (German) comes from Middle High German swamme, from Old High German swamp, from Old English swamm, from Proto-Germanic *swammaz, from Proto-Indo-European swombh- — sponge, tree-fungus, swamp.

Schwamm (German): sponge; fungus, mushroom, toadstool; morbid...

Definitions

  1. sponge; fungus, mushroom, toadstool; morbid...

Ancestry of “Schwamm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanswamme—
2Old High Germanswamp—
3Old Englishswammmushroom, fungus; sponge; first/third-person...
4Proto-Germanic*swammaz—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswombh-sponge, tree-fungus, swamp

Words derived from “Schwamm”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swombh- →Every word from Proto-Germanic *swammaz →Every word from Old English swamm →