Where does “lammaslauma” come from?

lammaslauma (Finnish) comes from Finnish lammas, from Proto-Finnic lambas, from Proto-Germanic lambaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁l̥h₁onbʰos, from Proto-Indo-European h₁elh₁én.

lammaslauma (Finnish): herd of sheep

Definitions

  1. herd of sheep

Ancestry of “lammaslauma”, step by step

lammaslauma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lammas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlammassheep; mutton; sheep, lamb
2Proto-Finniclambassheep, lamb
3Proto-Germaniclambazlamb
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁l̥h₁onbʰos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁elh₁én—

via Finnish lauma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaumaherd; crowd, mob, flock; pod
2Finnish-ttainForms distributive adverbs; Forms adverbs...
3Finnish-ttaen—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁elh₁én →