Where does “Schwammerl” come from?

Schwammerl (German) comes from Bavarian Schwammerl, from Bavarian Schwåmm, 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.

Schwammerl (German): mushroom

Definitions

  1. mushroom

Ancestry of “Schwammerl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1BavarianSchwammerlmushroom
2BavarianSchwåmmmushroom
3Middle High Germanswamme—
4Old High Germanswamp—
5Old Englishswammmushroom, fungus; sponge; first/third-person...
6Proto-Germanic*swammaz—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanswombh-sponge, tree-fungus, swamp

Words derived from “Schwammerl”

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