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

Definitions

  1. lame

Ancestry of “laahm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanlamlame
2Proto-West Germanic*lam—
3Proto-Germaniclamazlame; withered, defective
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃lemH-broken; weak, broken, soft
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃lemH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lamaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *lam →