Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/pamp-

This Proto-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-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-

1. to swell

Derived terms

• *pampijaną
• *pampōną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *pamp-, *pampōn
  • Old Frisian: *pampia; *pampelia
    • Saterland Frisian: ferpäppelje
    • West Frisian: pampelje
  • Old Saxon: *pampōn
    • Middle Low German: pampen; slampampen; pampelen
      • Low German: pampen
      • → Middle English: pampen; pampren, pamperen
        • English: pamp; pamper
  • Old Dutch: *pampōn
    • Middle Dutch: *pampen
      • Dutch: slampampen; pampelen; pamperen
      • West Flemish: pamperen
  • Old High German: *pampfōn
    • Middle High German: *pampfen
      • German: pampfen; Pampf (dialectal); pampeln; bamben
• Old Norse: *pampa; *pempa; pampi
  • Norwegian: pampa; pempa
  • Swedish: pampa; pampen (participle); pimpa
  • Danish: pampe