Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lamb

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lambaz.

Noun

*lamb n

1. lamb

Inflection

z-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*lamb
Genitive	*lambiʀi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*lamb	*lambiʀu
Accusative	*lamb	*lambiʀu
Genitive	*lambiʀi	*lambiʀō
Dative	*lambiʀi	*lambiʀum
Instrumental	*lambiʀi	*lambiʀum

Descendants

• 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)