Hummer

Concepts

lobster

🦞

lobsters

prawn

shrimp

🦐

spiny lobster

cray

Hummer

crayfish

Synonyms

Languste

Garnele

🦐

Heuschrecke

Bachkrebs

Hummerkrabbe

Meerkrebs

Krabs

Translations

homard

🦞

kreeft

🦞

aragosta

lagosta

zeekreeft

🦞

αστακός

langosta

🦞

bogavante

ıstakoz

🦞

astice

🦞

llagosta

langouste

istakoz

locusta

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhʊmɐ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German:

Cognate with Low German: Hummer

Cognate with Plautdietsch: Humma

Cognate with Dutch: hommer

In summary

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.