Where does “womm” come from?

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

womm (Old English): spot, mark, blot

Definitions

  1. spot, mark, blot

Ancestry of “womm”, step by step

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

Words derived from “womm”

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