Where does “Lammfell” come from?
Lammfell (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.
Lammfell (German): lambskin
Ancestry of “Lammfell”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | lamm | singular imperative of lammen; first-person... |
| 2 | Middle High German | lamp | — |
| 3 | Old High German | lamb | lamb |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | lamb | lamb |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | lambaz | lamb |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁l̥h₁onbʰos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁elh₁én | — |
Words derived from “Lammfell”