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Where does “lamaz” come from?

lamaz (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European h₃lemH- — broken; weak, broken, soft.

lamaz (Proto-Germanic): lame; withered, defective

Definitions

  1. lame; withered, defective

Ancestry of “lamaz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃lemH-broken; weak, broken, soft

Words derived from “lamaz”

  • lame
  • loam
  • lam
  • lameness
  • leam
  • lamely
  • loamy
  • laming
  • lambaste
  • lamer
  • Loamshire
  • lamebrain
  • lamebrained
  • loamless
  • lamage
  • lamish
  • lamster
  • belam
  • loaminess
  • lametastic
  • lame-o
  • lamesauce
  • on the lam
  • lameoid
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