Hummer
Meaning
lobster
Frequency
Gender
鈾傦笍 Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/藞h蕣m蓯/
Etymology
16th century, from Middle Low German *hummer, itself from Old Norse humarr, perhaps through early Norwegian (as many lobsters were caught off the coast of Norway). From the same North Germanic source Modern Low German Hummer, Plautdietsch Humma, Dutch hommer.
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