Where does “hummer” come from?

hummer (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse humarr, from Proto-Germanic *humaraz — lobster.

hummer (Norwegian Bokmål): a lobster

Definitions

  1. a lobster

Ancestry of “hummer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehumarrlobster
2Proto-Germanic*humarazlobster
Every word from Proto-Germanic *humaraz →Every word from Old Norse humarr →