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Where does “lammaz” come from?

lammaz (Ingrian) comes from Proto-Finnic lambas, from Proto-Germanic lambaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁l̥h₁onbʰos, from Proto-Indo-European h₁elh₁én.

lammaz (Ingrian): sheep

Definitions

  1. sheep

Ancestry of “lammaz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finniclambassheep, lamb
2Proto-Germaniclambazlamb
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁l̥h₁onbʰos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁elh₁én—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁elh₁én →