Where does “lam” come from?

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

lam (Dutch): lamb, the young of a sheep; The meat - or...

Definitions

  1. lamb, the young of a sheep; The meat - or...

Ancestry of “lam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchlamlamb; lame; weak, strengthless
2Old Dutchlam—
3Proto-West Germanic*lam—
4Proto-Germaniclamazlame; withered, defective
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃lemH-broken; weak, broken, soft

Words derived from “lam”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃lemH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lamaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *lam →