Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/pamp-
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bamb- (“round object”). Compare Lithuanian bamba (“navel, belly button”), Lithuanian bumbulas (“bulge, knob, bulb”), Proto-Slavic *pǫpъ (“bud, navel”).
Verb
*pamp-
- to swell
Derived terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *pamp-, *pampōn
- Old Norse: *pampa; *pempa; pampi