Where does “לובסטר” come from?

לובסטר (Hebrew) comes from English lobster, from Middle English loppestere, from Old English loppeſtre — lobster.

לובסטר (Hebrew): A lobster: a crustacean of family Nephropidae

Definitions

  1. A lobster: a crustacean of family Nephropidae

Ancestry of “לובסטר”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishlobsterred-colored, especially from a sunburn; A...
2Middle EnglishloppestereA lobster or crayfish
3Old Englishloppeſtrelobster
Every word from Old English loppeſtre →Every word from Middle English loppestere →Every word from English lobster →