Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “h₁elh₁én”

60 words across 29 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European h₁elh₁én — including lamb, lambkin, lambskin, lamblike, lambie, lambswool, lambkill, lamber.

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English (14)

Finnish (14)

Icelandic (3)

Dutch (2)

Swedish (2)

Old Frisian (2)

Proto-Indo-European (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Faroese (1)

Proto-Finnic (1)

Estonian (1)

Võro (1)

Old High German (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Veps (1)

Ingrian (1)

Votic (1)

Yiddish (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Old Norse (1)

Middle English (1)

Old English (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Ludian (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)