Where does “hummer” come from?

hummer (Middle Low German) comes from Old Norse humarr, from Proto-Germanic *humaraz — lobster.

Ancestry of “hummer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehumarrlobster
2Proto-Germanic*humarazlobster

Words derived from “hummer”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *humaraz →Every word from Old Norse humarr →