*lambaz

Runic: ᛚᚨᛗᛒᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈlɑm.bɑz/

noun · neuter · z-stem

Meanings

lamb

Etymology

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

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	lambaz	lambizō
Acc.	lambaz	lambizō
Gen.	lambiziz	lambizǫ̂
Dat.	lambizi	lambizumaz
Inst.	lambizē	lambizumiz
Voc.	lambaz	lambizō

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Descendants

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

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