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

Alternative forms

  • *lambą

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”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑm.bɑz/

Noun

*lambaz n

  1. lamb

Inflection

Declension 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
    • Old Frisian: lamb, lam
      • North Frisian:
        • Föhr: lum
        • Hallig: lööm
        • Heligoland: Lum
        • Mooring: löm
      • Saterland Frisian: Loum
      • West Frisian: laam
    • Old Saxon: lamb
    • Old Dutch: *lamb (possibly also in placename lampanesse)
    • Old High German: lamb
  • Old Norse: lamb
  • Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌱 (lamb)
  • → Proto-Finnic: *lambas (see there for further descendants)
  • → Proto-Samic: *lāmpēs (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*lambiz-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 325-6
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