Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lamb
Proto-West Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *lambaz.
Noun edit
*lamb n[1]
Inflection edit
z-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *lamb | |
Genitive | *lambiʀi | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *lamb | *lambiʀu |
Accusative | *lamb | *lambiʀu |
Genitive | *lambiʀi | *lambiʀō |
Dative | *lambiʀi | *lambiʀum |
Instrumental | *lambiʀi | *lambiʀum |
Descendants edit
- Old English: lamb, lomb
- Old Frisian: lamb, lam
- Old Saxon: lamb
- Old Dutch: *lamb (possibly also in placename lampanesse)
- Old High German: lamb
References edit
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 117: “*lamb”