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Where does “humar” come from?

humar (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse humarr, from Proto-Germanic *humaraz.

humar (Icelandic): lobster

Definitions

  1. lobster

Ancestry of “humar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehumarrlobster
2Proto-Germanic*humaraz—
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