gimmer

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ǵʰyem-“winter”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*gimrį̄“a yearling ewe-lamb”
3. Old Norse · derived fromgymbr“one-year-old ewe lamb”
4. Middle English · inherited fromgimbyre
5. English todaygimmer

From Middle English gimbyre, from Old Norse gymbr (“one-year-old ewe lamb”), from Proto-Germanic *gimrį̄ (“a yearling ewe-lamb”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰyem- (“winter”).