Old English · noun

wom

Normalised wōm

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /woːm/
Syllables: woːm (1 syllable)
Modern English: sound noise

Meaning

sound, noise

Declension

Declension of wom
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	wōm	wōmas
Accusative	wōm	wōmas
Genitive	wōmes	wōma
Dative	wōme	wōmum

All forms (6)

wōm
wōmas
wōmes
wōma
wōme
wōmum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wōhm, from Proto-Germanic *wōhmaz (“noise, sound, shout, voice”), from Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ- (“to speak, sound”). Cognate with Old Norse ómr (“sound”), Old Norse ómun (“voice”), Old High German giwahan (“to mention”), Latin vōx (“voice”).

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