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Where does “wom” come from?

wom (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic wōhmaz, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

wom (Old English): sound, noise

Definitions

  1. sound, noise

Ancestry of “wom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwōhmaznoise, sound, shout, voice
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out
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