Lamm

Concepts

lamb

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lambkin

sheep

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spring lamb

lambs

baby lamb

goat

🐐

rump

Synonyms

Lammfleisch

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Schäfchen

Schaf

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junges Schaf

Ziege

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Schaffleisch

Lammfell

Hammel

Bokkie

Jährling

Kalb

Schäflein

Translations

agnello

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agneau

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cordero

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lam

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cordeiro

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kuzu

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agnus

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αρνί

xai

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berx

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αμνός

anyell

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

scheeffli

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/lam/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: lamp

Inherited from Old High German: lamb

Cognate with Dutch: lam

Cognate with Yiddish: לאַם

In summary

Inherited from Middle High German lamp, in the 14th century also lam, from Old High German lamb, from Proto-West Germanic *lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz.
The loss of the b is reflective of a common trend in West Germanic languages; cognate with Dutch lam, Yiddish לאַם (lam), and the pronunciation of English lamb.