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
Ancestry of “lamm”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle High German | lam | — |
| 2 | Old High German | lam | lame |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *lam | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | lamaz | lame; withered, defective |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃lemH- | broken; weak, broken, soft |