zwam
Dutch (Brabantic)
/zʋɑm/
noun
Definitions
- (countable) fungus, mushroom
- (obsolete) sponge
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch swam inherited from Old Dutch *swam inherited from Proto-Germanic *swammaz (sponge, mushroom, fungus, tree-fungus).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*swammaz
Gloss
sponge, mushroom, fungus, tree-fungus
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
茸
Emoji
🍄
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- backswamp English
- paleoswamp English
- swamp English
- swampbilly English
- swamper English
- swamphen English
- swampish English
- swampland English
- swampless English
- swamplife English
- swamplike English
- swampy English
- Meeresschwamm German
- Schwamm German
- schwammartig German
- schwammig German
- bederf Dutch, Flemish
- bederfzwam Dutch, Flemish
- buis Dutch, Flemish
- buiszwam Dutch, Flemish
- gist Dutch, Flemish
- gistzwam Dutch, Flemish
- slijm Dutch, Flemish
- slijmzwam Dutch, Flemish
- splijten Dutch, Flemish
- splijtzwam Dutch, Flemish
- vlieg Dutch, Flemish
- vliegenzwam Dutch, Flemish
- zwamp Dutch, Flemish
- *swombh- Proto-Indo-European
- *swombʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *swammaz Proto-Germanic
- swamm Old English
- swam Middle English
- soppr Old Norse
- svampr Old Norse
- swam Middle Dutch
- swamp Old High German
- swamme Middle High German
- Schwamp Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌼𐌼𐍃 Gothic
- שוואָם Yiddish
- שוועמל Yiddish
- *swam Old Dutch
- *homeh Proto-Finnic
- swampu Sranan Tongo