Where does “wem” come from?

wem (Middle English) comes from Old English womm, from Proto-Germanic wammaz, from Proto-Indo-European wemh₁- — to spew, to vomit.

Ancestry of “wem”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwommspot, mark, blot
2Proto-Germanicwammazspot, stain, blemish
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwemh₁-to spew, to vomit

Words derived from “wem”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wemh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wammaz →Every word from Old English womm →