wemə-

To vomit. Oldest form *wemə₁-.
1. wamble, from Middle English wam(e)len, to feel nausea, stagger, from a Scandinavian source probably akin to Old Norse vamla, qualm, and Danish vamle, to become sick, from Germanic *wam-.
2. vomit; nux vomica, from Latin vomere, to vomit.
3. emesis, emetic, from Greek emein, to vomit.
 
[Pokorny u̯em- 1146.]

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Universalium. 2010.

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