Where does “Osterlamm” come from?

Osterlamm (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.

Osterlamm (German): Easter Lamb, Paschal Lamb (paschal lamb)

Definitions

  1. Easter Lamb, Paschal Lamb (paschal lamb)

Ancestry of “Osterlamm”, step by step

Osterlamm 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 Ostern

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanOsternEaster
2Middle High Germanōsteren—
3Old High Germanōstarūn—
4Proto-Germanic*Austrāeast
5Proto-GermanicAustrǭspringtime, Easter; a goddess of spring and...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ews-dawn; east; to draw water, scoop up
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁elh₁én →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁l̥h₁onbʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic lambaz →
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