Where does “lama” come from?

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

lama (Old English): lame

Definitions

  1. lame

Ancestry of “lama”, step by step

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

Words derived from “lama”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃lemH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lamaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *lam →
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