Where does “lamp” come from?
lamp (Middle High German) comes from Old High German lamb, from Proto-West Germanic lamb, from Proto-Germanic lambaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁l̥h₁onbʰos, from Proto-Indo-European h₁elh₁én.
Ancestry of “lamp”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old High German | lamb | lamb |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | lamb | lamb |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | lambaz | lamb |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁l̥h₁onbʰos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁elh₁én | — |