lamb
Middle English
/lam(b)/
noun
Definitions
- A lamb, its meat, or its skin.
- A Christian believer.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English lamb inherited from Proto-Germanic *lambaz (lamb).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*lambaz
Gloss
lamb
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Lambeth English
- lamb English
- lambchop English
- lamber English
- lambfold English
- lambie English
- lambish English
- lambkill English
- lambkin English
- lambless English
- lamblike English
- lambling English
- lambren English
- lambskin English
- lambswool English
- lamburger English
- lamby English
- *h₁l̥h₁onbʰos Proto-Indo-European
- *lambaz Proto-Germanic
- *lambizō Proto-Germanic
- ラム Japanese
- lamb Old English
- lamb Old Norse
- lamb Old High German
- 𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌱 Gothic
- *lamb gmw-pro
- *lamb Old Dutch
- *lambas Proto-Finnic
- lamb Old Saxon
- láppis Northern Sami
- ļaam̧ Marshallese
- lääbis Inari Sami