An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Lamm

by Friedrich Kluge

Lamm, n., ‘lamb,’ from the equiv. MidHG. lamp (plur. lember), OHG. lamb (plur. lęmbir), n. It corresponds to Goth. lamb, AS. lomb, E. lamb, Du. lam, ‘lamb’; a prim. Teut. term which passed also into Finn. (lammas, gen. lampaan). Cognates in the non-Teut. languages have not yet been found.