Where does “laahm” come from?
laahm (Pennsylvania German) comes from Old High German lam, from Proto-West Germanic *lam, from Proto-Germanic lamaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₃lemH- — broken; weak, broken, soft.
laahm (Pennsylvania German): lame
Ancestry of “laahm”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old High German | lam | lame |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *lam | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | lamaz | lame; withered, defective |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃lemH- | broken; weak, broken, soft |