Where does “swamm” come from?

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

swamm (Old English): mushroom, fungus; sponge; first/third-person...

Definitions

  1. mushroom, fungus; sponge; first/third-person...

Ancestry of “swamm”, step by step

swamm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic *swammaz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*swammaz—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanswombh-sponge, tree-fungus, swamp

via Proto-Germanic swambaz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-GermanicswambazAlternative form of *swammaz

Words derived from “swamm”

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