Where does “hummer” come from?

hummer (Danish) comes from Old Norse humarr, from Proto-Germanic *humaraz — lobster.

hummer (Danish): lobster; den, hole

Definitions

  1. lobster; den, hole

Ancestry of “hummer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehumarrlobster
2Proto-Germanic*humarazlobster

Words derived from “hummer”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *humaraz →Every word from Old Norse humarr →