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-

to swell

Derived terms

*pampijaną
*pampōną

Descendants

Old Frisian: *pampja; *pampelja
- 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

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