Where does “lam” come from?

lam (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch lam, from Proto-West Germanic *lam, from Proto-Germanic lamaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₃lemH- — broken; weak, broken, soft.

lam (Middle Dutch): lamb; lame; weak, strengthless

Definitions

  1. lamb; lame; weak, strengthless

Ancestry of “lam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchlam—
2Proto-West Germanic*lam—
3Proto-Germaniclamazlame; withered, defective
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃lemH-broken; weak, broken, soft

Words derived from “lam”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃lemH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lamaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *lam →