Where does “lammekjøtt” come from?
lammekjøtt (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk lam, from Old Norse lamb, from Proto-Germanic lambaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁l̥h₁onbʰos, from Proto-Indo-European h₁elh₁én.
lammekjøtt (Norwegian Nynorsk): lamb
Ancestry of “lammekjøtt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | lam | paralysed; crippled; a lamb; Christ as... |
| 2 | Old Norse | lamb | a lamb |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | lambaz | lamb |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁l̥h₁onbʰos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁elh₁én | — |