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לאָם
‘lame’

לאָם
'lame'

ETYMOLOGY

I. Protofrom ✱laːm; Proto-EY ✱loːm; from MHG lam; cf. NHG lahm.
Protovowel A3.
II. MHG lam; OHG lam;

III. ON lami; OS lamo; OE lama; English lame; from PGmc ✱lama-/ōn; from PIE ✱h₃lemH- 'weak, broken, soft'; cf. Lithuanian lémti 'to decide, determine'; Ukrainian ломи́ти; Russian ломи́ть 'to break'; Old Polish łomić.

WESTERN

Alsace (France)

ɛr ɩš laːm ער איז לאַם {ALSACE, 47075 Mulhouse, 036-040}

CENTRAL

Unterland (East Transcarpathian)

a ɫúmər {אויף דײַטש} {ETCP, Nyzhnya Apsha, 48233}