Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/swamm

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swammaz.

Noun

*swamm m

mushroom, fungus
sponge

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*swamm
Genitive	*swammas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*swamm	swammō, swammōs
Accusative	*swamm	*swammā
Genitive	*swammas	*swammō
Dative	*swammē	*swammum
Instrumental	*swammu	*swammum

Alternative reconstructions

*swamb

Descendants

Old English: swamm
- Middle English: swam
  - (Scots: swaam)
  - (English: swamp)
Old Frisian: *swam, *swom
- Saterland Frisian: Swom, Swam
- West Frisian: swam
Old Saxon: swamm, swam
- Middle Low German: swam
  - German Low German: Swamm
Old Dutch: *swamm
- Middle Dutch: swamme, swam
  - Dutch: zwam
    - Afrikaans: swam
Old High German: swamb, swam, swamp
- Middle High German: swam, swamme, swamp
  - Bavarian: Schwåmm, Schwammerl
  - German: Schwamm
  - Luxembourgish: Schwamp
  - Yiddish: שוואָם (shvom), שוועמל (shveml)

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