Where does “lame” come from?

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

lame (Middle English): To shine

Definitions

  1. To shine

Ancestry of “lame”, step by step

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

Words derived from “lame”

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