Etymograph

English

lambkill

From lamb + kill.

A compound of lamb + kill

Proto-Germanic *lambaz

Proto-West Germanic *lamb

Old English lamb

Middle English lamb ‘a lamb, its meat, or its skin’

English lamb

Middle English killen

English kill

Today it means

noun Any member of the species Kalmia angustifolia of toxic plants with small, deep pink flowers.

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

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