Where does “שוואָם” come from?

שוואָם (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German swamme, from Old High German swamp, from Old English swamm, from Proto-Germanic *swammaz, from Proto-Indo-European swombh- — sponge, tree-fungus, swamp.

שוואָם (Yiddish): mushroom, fungus

Definitions

  1. mushroom, fungus

Ancestry of “שוואָם”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanswamme—
2Old High Germanswamp—
3Old Englishswammmushroom, fungus; sponge; first/third-person...
4Proto-Germanic*swammaz—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswombh-sponge, tree-fungus, swamp

Words derived from “שוואָם”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swombh- →Every word from Proto-Germanic *swammaz →Every word from Old English swamm →