Words that come from Proto-West Germanic “*lam”

52 words across 18 languages descend from Proto-West Germanic *lam — including lame, lameness, lamely, laming, lamer, lamé, lamebrain, lamebrained.

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English (22)

Dutch (8)

German (4)

Hungarian (2)

Esperanto (2)

Old English (2)

Afrikaans (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Old High German (1)

Alemannic German (1)

Pennsylvania German (1)

Spanish (1)

Middle English (1)

Middle High German (1)

Middle Low German (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Plautdietsch (1)