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svamp

“svamp” is a Swedish word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. mushroom
  2. fungus
  3. sponge (piece of porous material used for washing and cleaning)

Etymology

From Old Swedish svamper, from Old East Norse svampr (compare Old West Norse svǫppr). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *swampaz (“sponge, fungus”), variant of *swammaz. Probably a doublet of sopp and sump.

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