Etymograph

English

Lamb

Lamb comes from Middle English lamb ‘a lamb, its meat, or its skin’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₁l̥h₁-on-bʰ-os-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁l̥h₁-on-bʰ-os-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*lambazreconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*lambreconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150lamb
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘a lamb, its meat, or its skin’
  6. EnglishtodayLamb

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁l̥h₁-on-bʰ-os-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*lambazreconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*lambreconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150lamb
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘a lamb, its meat, or its skin’
  6. EnglishtodayLamb

The story

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Luain.

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *h₁l̥h₁-on-bʰ-os-

Today it means

name A surname from Middle English.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁l̥h₁-on-bʰ-os- / Lamb

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