An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Wamme

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, W (1891)
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Friedrich Kluge2507032An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, W — Wamme1891John Francis Davis

​ Wamme, Wampe, f., ‘paunch, belly (of a skin), flank, dewlap,’ from MidHG. wamme, older wambê (wampe), f., ‘belly, paunch, lap,’ OHG. wamba, wampa (wamba, wumba), f. Corresponding to Du. wam, ‘belly (of a fish),’ AS. and E. womb, OIc. vǫmb, Goth. wamba, f., ‘belly, body.’ There are no non-Teut. cognates of the common Teut. wambô-, ‘belly, entrails.’ —

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