Where does “lahm” come from?

lahm (German) comes from Middle High German lam, from Old High German lam, from Proto-West Germanic *lam, from Proto-Germanic lamaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₃lemH- — broken; weak, broken, soft.

lahm (German): lame

Definitions

  1. lame

Ancestry of “lahm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanlam—
2Old High Germanlamlame
3Proto-West Germanic*lam—
4Proto-Germaniclamazlame; withered, defective
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃lemH-broken; weak, broken, soft

Words derived from “lahm”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃lemH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lamaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *lam →
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