lamb
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 小羊，羔羊
- v.
- 产羊羔
演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 继承自 ←中古英语 lamb
- 继承自 ←古英语 lamb
- 继承自 ←原始西日耳曼语 *lamb
- 继承自 ←原始日耳曼语 *lambaz
- 继承自 ←原始印欧语 *h₁l̥h₁onbʰos
词源说明
From Middle English lamb, from Old English lamb, from Proto-West Germanic *lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz, probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₁l̥h₁onbʰos, enlargement of *h₁elh₁én, ultimately from *h₁el-.
See also Dutch lam, German Lamm, Bavarian Lamperl, Danish lam, Swedish lamm, Finnish lammas, Scottish Gaelic lon (“elk”), Ancient Greek ἔλαφος (élaphos, “red deer”). More at elk.