English
lamed
Lamed comes from Hebrew לָמֶד, and goes back to Proto-Semitic *lamed- ‘goad’.
- Proto-Semiticc. 4000–3000 BCE*lamed-‘goad’root as named · steps between not traced
- Hebrew1880s–presentלָמֶדlamedh
- Englishtodaylamed
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Semiticc. 4000–3000 BCE*lamed-‘goad’root as named · steps between not traced
- Hebrew1880s–presentלָמֶדlamedh
- Englishtodaylamed
Every English word from Proto-Semitic *lamed-
Today it means
noun The twelfth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Semitic *lamed- / lamed