English
Lambert
Lambert comes from Old French Lambert, and goes back to Proto-West Germanic *Landaberht.
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*Landaberhtreconstructed
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400Lambert
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
- Englishearliest quotation 1597same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*Landaberhtreconstructed
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400Lambert
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
- Englishearliest quotation 1597same form
Earliest quotation: 1597, William Shakespeare, Richard II: “At Coventry, upon Saint Lambert's day: There shall your…”
A compound of *land ‘land’ + *berht ‘bright’
Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- ‘land, heath’
Proto-Germanic *landą ‘land, area of ground’
Proto-West Germanic *land ‘land’
Proto-Indo-European *bʰer(H)ǵ-tó-s
Proto-Germanic *berhtaz ‘bright, shining’
Proto-West Germanic *berht ‘bright’
Every English word from Proto-West Germanic *Landaberht
Today it means
name A male given name from the Germanic languages; in modern use partly transferred back from the surname.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *Landaberht / Lambert