Where does “lamm” come from?

lamm (Alemannic German) comes from Middle High German lam, from Old High German lam, from Proto-West Germanic *lam, from Proto-Germanic lamaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₃lemH- — broken; weak, broken, soft.

lamm (Alemannic German): lame; hobbling, limping

Definitions

  1. lame; hobbling, limping

Ancestry of “lamm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanlam—
2Old High Germanlamlame
3Proto-West Germanic*lam—
4Proto-Germaniclamazlame; withered, defective
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃lemH-broken; weak, broken, soft
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃lemH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lamaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *lam →