Where does “suampo” come from?

suampo (Spanish) comes from English swamp, from Middle English swam, from Old English swamm, from Proto-Germanic *swammaz, from Proto-Indo-European swombh- — sponge, tree-fungus, swamp.

suampo (Spanish): swamp

Definitions

  1. swamp

Ancestry of “suampo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishswampA piece of wet, spongy land; low ground saturated...
2Middle Englishswamswamp, muddy pool, bog, marsh", also "fungus,...
3Old Englishswammmushroom, fungus; sponge; first/third-person...
4Proto-Germanic*swammaz
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswombh-sponge, tree-fungus, swamp
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swombh-