Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗Of a sheep, to give birth. · To assist (sheep) to give birth.
A young sheep; especially, one younger than nine months. · A young goat; a kid. · The flesh of a lamb used as food; (sometimes loosely) the flesh of a sheep of any age used as food. · A person who is meek, docile, and easily led.
From Middle English lamb, from Old English lamb, from Proto-West Germanic *lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz, probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₁l̥h₁onbʰos, enlargement of *h₁elh₁én, ultimately from *h₁el-. See also Dutch lam, German Lamm, Bavarian Lamperl, Danish lam, Swedish lamm, Finnish lammas, Scottish Gaelic lon (“elk”), Ancient Greek ἔλαφος (élaphos, “red deer”). More at elk.
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- Inherited-form mentionlambenm
- Inherited-form mentionlambang
- Inherited-form mention*lambgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*lambazgem-pro
- Inherited-form mention*h₁l̥h₁onbʰosine-pro
- Cognate mentionlamnl
- Cognate mentionLammde
- Cognate mentionLamperlbar
- Cognate mentionlamda
- Cognate mentionlammsv
- Cognate mentionlammasfi
- Cognate mentionlongd
- Cognate mentionἔλαφοςgrc
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