Where does “lam” come from?

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

lam (Old High German): lame

Definitions

  1. lame

Ancestry of “lam”, step by step

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

Words derived from “lam”

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