lam
Dutch (Brabantic)
/lɑm/
noun
Definitions
- lamb, the young of a sheep
- (metonymy) The meat - or fleece/wool produce of a lamb; a dish prepared from lamb's meat
- (figuratively) A gentle person, especially an innocent child
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch lam inherited from Old Dutch *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
- -ig Dutch, Flemish
- lamlendig Dutch, Flemish
- lamsvlees Dutch, Flemish
- lamzak Dutch, Flemish
- lend Dutch, Flemish
- vlees Dutch, Flemish
- vleugel Dutch, Flemish
- vleugellam Dutch, Flemish
- zak Dutch, Flemish
- zogen Dutch, Flemish
- zooglam Dutch, Flemish
- *h₁l̥h₁onbʰos Proto-Indo-European
- *lambaz Proto-Germanic
- *lambizō Proto-Germanic
- ラム Japanese
- lamb Old English
- lamb Middle English
- lamb Old Norse
- lam Middle Dutch
- lamsvleesch Middle Dutch
- lam Old High German
- lamb Old High German
- lam Afrikaans
- lamp Middle High German
- 𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌱 Gothic
- *lamb gmw-pro
- *lamb Old Dutch
- *lambas Proto-Finnic
- lamp Cimbrian
- lamb Old Saxon
- lamm Alemannic German
- láppis Northern Sami
- ļaam̧ Marshallese
- lääbis Inari Sami