Where does “Lämmergeier” come from?

Lämmergeier (German) comes from German lamm, from Middle High German lamp, from Old High German lamb, from Proto-West Germanic lamb, from Proto-Germanic lambaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁l̥h₁onbʰos, from Proto-Indo-European h₁elh₁én.

Ancestry of “Lämmergeier”, step by step

Lämmergeier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German lamm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanlammsingular imperative of lammen; first-person...
2Middle High Germanlamp—
3Old High Germanlamblamb
4Proto-West Germaniclamblamb
5Proto-Germaniclambazlamb
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁l̥h₁onbʰos—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁elh₁én—

via German Geier

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGeiervulture
2Middle High Germangīr—
3Old High Germangīrvulture
4Old High Germangirigreedy
5Proto-Germanicgernazeager, willing
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰer-to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines

Words derived from “Lämmergeier”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁elh₁én →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁l̥h₁onbʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic lambaz →
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