Where does “wamm” come from?

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

wamm (Old English): stain, spot, scar, disgrace, defect, defilement,...

Definitions

  1. stain, spot, scar, disgrace, defect, defilement,...

Ancestry of “wamm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwammazspot, stain, blemish
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwemh₁-to spew, to vomit

Words derived from “wamm”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wemh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wammaz →