Where does “Lamm” come from?

Lamm (Hunsrik) 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 (Hunsrik): lamb

Definitions

  1. lamb

Ancestry of “Lamm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanlamp—
2Old High Germanlamblamb
3Proto-West Germaniclamblamb
4Proto-Germaniclambazlamb
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁l̥h₁onbʰos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁elh₁én—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁elh₁én →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁l̥h₁onbʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic lambaz →