Where does “womb” come from?

womb (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic wambu, from Proto-Germanic wambō, from Proto-Indo-European wamp- — membrane , intestines, womb.

Ancestry of “womb”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicwambuwomb
2Proto-Germanicwambōbelly, stomach, abdomen; womb
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwamp-membrane , intestines, womb

Words derived from “womb”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wamp- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wambō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wambu →
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