Where does “pampen” come from?

pampen (Middle Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic pamp-, from Proto-Indo-European bamb- — to inflate, swell; round object.

pampen (Middle Dutch): to stuff

Definitions

  1. to stuff

Ancestry of “pampen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicpamp-to swell
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbamb-to inflate, swell; round object

Words derived from “pampen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bamb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic pamp- →
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