Where does “lam” come from?

lam (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse lamb, from Proto-Germanic lambaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁l̥h₁onbʰos, from Proto-Indo-European h₁elh₁én.

lam (Norwegian Nynorsk): paralysed; crippled; a lamb; Christ as...

Definitions

  1. paralysed; crippled; a lamb; Christ as...

Ancestry of “lam”, step by step

lam traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse lamb

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norselamba lamb
2Proto-Germaniclambazlamb
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁l̥h₁onbʰos
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁elh₁én

via Old Norse lami

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norselami
2Proto-Germaniclamazlame; withered, defective
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃lemH-broken; weak, broken, soft

Words derived from “lam

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁elh₁énEvery word from Proto-Indo-European h₁l̥h₁onbʰosEvery word from Proto-Germanic lambaz
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