Where does “hummer” come from?

hummer (Swedish) comes from Old Norse humarr, from Proto-Germanic *humaraz — lobster.

hummer (Swedish): lobster

Definitions

  1. lobster

Ancestry of “hummer”, step by step

hummer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse humarr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehumarrlobster
2Proto-Germanic*humarazlobster

via Old Norse hummarr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehummarr—

Words derived from “hummer”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *humaraz →Every word from Old Norse humarr →