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Where does “dwam” come from?

dwam (Scots) comes from Scots dwalm.

dwam (Scots): faint, swoon; fainting fit; a trance or...

Definitions

  1. faint, swoon; fainting fit; a trance or...

Ancestry of “dwam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scotsdwalm—
Every word from Scots dwalm →