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| From Middle English ''wombe, wambe'', from Old English ''womb, wamb'' (“belly, stomach; bowels; heart; womb; hollow”), from Proto-Germanic ''*wambō'' (“belly, stomach, abdomen”), from Proto-Indo-European ''*wamp-'' (“membrane (of bowels), intestines, womb”). Cognate with Scots ''wam, wame'' (“womb”), Dutch ''wam'' (“dewlap of beef; belly of a fish”), German ''Wamme, Wampe'' (“paunch, belly”), Danish ''vom'' (“belly, paunch, rumen”), Swedish ''våmb'' (“belly, stomach, rumen”), Norwegian ''vomb'' (“belly”), Icelandic ''vömb'' (“belly, abdomen, stomach”), Old Welsh ''gumbelauc'' (“womb”), Breton ''gwamm'' (“woman, wife”), Sanskrit ''वपा'' (''vapā́'', “the skin or membrane lining the intestines or parts of the viscera, the caul or omentum”). | From Middle English ''wombe, wambe'', from Old English ''womb, wamb'' (“belly, stomach; bowels; heart; womb; hollow”), from Proto-Germanic ''*wambō'' (“belly, stomach, abdomen”), from Proto-Indo-European ''*wamp-'' (“membrane (of bowels), intestines, womb”). Cognate with Scots ''wam, wame'' (“womb”), Dutch ''wam'' (“dewlap of beef; belly of a fish”), German ''Wamme, Wampe'' (“paunch, belly”), Danish ''vom'' (“belly, paunch, rumen”), Swedish ''våmb'' (“belly, stomach, rumen”), Norwegian ''vomb'' (“belly”), Icelandic ''vömb'' (“belly, abdomen, stomach”), Old Welsh ''gumbelauc'' (“womb”), Breton ''gwamm'' (“woman, wife”), Sanskrit ''वपा'' (''vapā́'', “the skin or membrane lining the intestines or parts of the viscera, the caul or omentum”). | ||
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A womb refers to a uterus.
From Middle English wombe, wambe, from Old English womb, wamb (“belly, stomach; bowels; heart; womb; hollow”), from Proto-Germanic *wambō (“belly, stomach, abdomen”), from Proto-Indo-European *wamp- (“membrane (of bowels), intestines, womb”). Cognate with Scots wam, wame (“womb”), Dutch wam (“dewlap of beef; belly of a fish”), German Wamme, Wampe (“paunch, belly”), Danish vom (“belly, paunch, rumen”), Swedish våmb (“belly, stomach, rumen”), Norwegian vomb (“belly”), Icelandic vömb (“belly, abdomen, stomach”), Old Welsh gumbelauc (“womb”), Breton gwamm (“woman, wife”), Sanskrit वपा (vapā́, “the skin or membrane lining the intestines or parts of the viscera, the caul or omentum”).
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