Where does “lamm” come from?

lamm (German) comes 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.

lamm (German): singular imperative of lammen; first-person...

Definitions

  1. singular imperative of lammen; first-person...

Ancestry of “lamm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanlamp—
2Old High Germanlamblamb
3Proto-West Germaniclamblamb
4Proto-Germaniclambazlamb
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁l̥h₁onbʰos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁elh₁én—

Words derived from “lamm”

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