Where does “adlama” come from?

adlama (Old English) comes from Old English lama, from Proto-West Germanic *lam, from Proto-Germanic lamaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₃lemH- — broken; weak, broken, soft.

adlama (Old English): fire-maimed cripple

Definitions

  1. fire-maimed cripple

Ancestry of “adlama”, step by step

adlama traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English lama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishlamalame
2Proto-West Germanic*lam—
3Proto-Germaniclamazlame; withered, defective
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃lemH-broken; weak, broken, soft

via Old English að

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old EnglishaðAlternative spelling of āþ
2Proto-Germanicaidazfire, pyre
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eydʰ-to ignite; fire
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃lemH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lamaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *lam →