The story
- Proto-Germanic · derived from*lambaz“lamb”
- Proto-Germanic · derived from*lambizō
- Old English · derived fromlambru“lambs”
- Middle English · derived fromlambre“lambs”
- Middle English · inherited fromlambren
- English todaylambren
From Middle English lambren, alteration of Middle English lambre (“lambs”), from Old English lambru (“lambs”), from Proto-Germanic *lambizō, plural of Proto-Germanic *lambaz (“lamb”), corresponding to lamb + -ren. Compare Saterland Frisian Loumere (“lambs”), Dutch lammeren (“lambs”), German Low German Lammer (“lambs”).
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.