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

74 words across 20 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European lem- — including lame, loam, lam, lameness, leam, lamely, loamy, laming.

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English (25)

Finnish (9)

German (9)

Albanian (5)

Old English (3)

Middle English (3)

Middle High German (3)

Old High German (2)

Estonian (2)

Icelandic (2)

Proto-Germanic (2)

Old Dutch (1)

Faroese (1)

Chinese (1)

Alemannic German (1)

Old Norse (1)

Pennsylvania German (1)

Proto-Albanian (1)

Proto-Finnic (1)

Proto-Indo-European (1)

Words from Proto-Indo-European lem- — 74 descendants | Etymology Explorer