Where does “lamb” come from?

lamb (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic lamb, from Proto-Germanic lambaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁l̥h₁onbʰos, from Proto-Indo-European h₁elh₁én.

Ancestry of “lamb”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Proto-West Germanic	lamb	lamb
2	Proto-Germanic	lambaz	lamb
3	Proto-Indo-European	h₁l̥h₁onbʰos	—
4	Proto-Indo-European	h₁elh₁én	—

Words derived from “lamb”

lamzak
lam
lam
lam

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁elh₁én →

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