Where does “Swom” come from?

Swom (Saterland Frisian) comes from Old Frisian swom, from Proto-Germanic *swammaz, from Proto-Indo-European swombh- — sponge, tree-fungus, swamp.

Swom (Saterland Frisian): sponge; fungus; mushroom; toadstool

Definitions

  1. sponge; fungus; mushroom; toadstool

Ancestry of “Swom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianswom—
2Proto-Germanic*swammaz—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswombh-sponge, tree-fungus, swamp
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swombh- →Every word from Proto-Germanic *swammaz →Every word from Old Frisian swom →