Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lambaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁l̥h₁-on-bʰ-os- (related to Scottish Gaelic lon (“elk”), Ancient Greek ἔλαφος (élaphos, “red deer”)), enlargement of *h₁elh₁én, from *h₁el- (“deer, elk”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑm.bɑz/

Noun

*lambaz n

1. lamb

Inflection

z-stemDeclension of *lambaz (z-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*lambaz	*lambizō
vocative	*lambaz	*lambizō
accusative	*lambaz	*lambizō
genitive	*lambiziz	*lambizǫ̂
dative	*lambizi	*lambizumaz
instrumental	*lambizē	*lambizumiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *lamb
  • Old English: lamb, lomb
    • Middle English: lamb, lam
      • Scots: lam, lamb
      • English: lamb
      • Yola: lhawmb
  • Old Frisian: lamb, lam
    • North Frisian:
      • Föhr: lum
      • Hallig: lööm
      • Heligoland: Lum
      • Mooring: löm
    • Saterland Frisian: Loum
    • West Frisian: laam
  • Old Saxon: lamb
    • Middle Low German: lamp, lam
      • Low German: Lamm
      • Plautdietsch: Laum
  • Old Dutch: *lamb (possibly also in placename lampanesse)
    • Middle Dutch: lamp, lam
      • Dutch: lam
        • Afrikaans: lam
      • Limburgish: laam
  • Old High German: lamb
    • Middle High German: lamp, lam
      • Cimbrian: lamp
      • German: Lamm
      • Luxembourgish: Lamm
      • Vilamovian: łamm
      • Yiddish: לאַם (lam)
• Old Norse: lamb
  • Icelandic: lamb
  • Faroese: lamb
  • Norn: lamb
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lamb, lam; (dialectal) låm
  • Old Swedish: lamb
    • Swedish: lamm, lamb
  • Old Danish: lamb
    • Danish: lam
      • Norwegian Bokmål: lam
  • Gutnish: lamb
  • Scanian: lǫm
• Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌱 (lamb)
• → Proto-Finnic: *lambas (see there for further descendants)
• → Proto-Samic: *lāmpēs (see there for further descendants)