Where does “Lämmerschwanz” come from?

Lämmerschwanz (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.

Lämmerschwanz (German): lamb tail

Definitions

  1. lamb tail

Ancestry of “Lämmerschwanz”, step by step

Lämmerschwanz 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 schwanz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschwanztail
2Middle High Germanswanztail
3Middle High Germanswanzento swing
4Middle High Germanswanken—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁elh₁én →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁l̥h₁onbʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic lambaz →