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 *h₁l̥h₁onbʰos (related to Scottish Gaelic lon (“elk”), Ancient Greek ἔλαφος (élaphos, “red deer”)), enlargement of *h₁elh₁én.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlɑm.bɑz/

Noun

*lambaz n

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
- Norwegian Bokmål: lam
- Old Swedish: lamb
  - Swedish: lamm, lamb
- Old Danish: lamb
  - Danish: lam
- Westrobothnian: lamb, lemb
- Gutnish: lamb
- Scanian: lǫm
Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌱 (lamb)
→ Proto-Finnic: *lambas (see there for further descendants)
→ Proto-Samic:
- Inari Sami: lääbis
- Kildin Sami: ла̄мьпесь (lām’p’es’)
- Northern Sami: láppis