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

Definitions

  1. lambskin

Ancestry of “Lammfell”, step by step

Lammfell 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 Fell

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFellfur, pelt; hide
2Frankishvëlskin, hide
3Old High GermanfëlA fur
4Proto-West Germanic*fellskin, hide
5Proto-Germanicfelląskin, hide
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold

Words derived from “Lammfell”

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