köken: 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.
köken: Inherited from Old East Slavic агнѧ (agnę), ꙗгнѧ (jagnę) + -ёнок (-jónok), from Proto-Slavic *agnę, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷn-, the stem of *h₂egʷnós. Compare а́гнец (ágnec).
köken: Ultimately from Proto-Iranian *varn-aka-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wr̥Hánas, from Proto-Indo-European *urh₁en- (“ram”). See also Mazanderani وره (vare), Sanskrit उरण (úraṇa), Central Kurdish بەرخ (berx), Northern Kurdish berx, Zazaki verek, Baluchi گْوّرگ (gwarag), Ancient Greek ἀρήν (arḗn), Old Armenian գառն (gaṙn).
köken: Compare Tatar бәрән (bärän, “lamb”). Appears to be of a substrate/onomatopoeic origin, compare Bashkir бәр-бәр (bər-bər, “a call for sheep”). Possibly from (para-)Iranic substratum, compare Persian بره (barre, “lamb”), Middle Persian [script needed] (bārān, “sheep, lamb”), from Proto-Indo-European *urh₁en- (“lamb”).
lamb, the young of a sheep · the meat - or fleece/wool produce of a lamb; a dish prepared from lamb's meat · a gentle person, especially an innocent child
çekim: çoğul lammeren
köken: From Middle Dutch lam, from Old Dutch *lamb, from Proto-West Germanic *lamb.
lamb (farm animal or meat) · meek or gentle person
çekim: çoğul αρνιά · tamlayan αρνιού
köken: Inherited from Byzantine Greek ἀρνί(ν) (arní(n)), from Ancient Greek ἀρνίον (arníon), diminutive or hypocoristic form of ἀρήν (arḗn), from Proto-Hellenic *warḗn, from *wr̥h₁ḗn (“lamb”). Cognate with Mariupol Greek арны́ (arný).
sheep (animal) · sheepmeat; mutton (as part of a dish; otherwise, might get qualified as fårkött (literally “sheepmeat”)) · a sheep (easily led person)
çekim: çoğul fårs · tamlayan fårs
köken: From Old Swedish fār, from (eastern) Old Norse *fāʀ (Old West Norse fær), from Proto-Germanic *fahaz, from Proto-Indo-European *póḱos.
diminutive of baran (“young ram; lamb”) · lamb (figure of a lamb used as an Easter decoration symbolizing Christ) · lamb image (box on wheels, transported around at Easter, with the image of a lamb and a sawyer)
çekim: çoğul baranki · tamlayan baranka
eş: kszyk, koziołek
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Slavic *baranъ Old Polish baran Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Slavic *-kъ Proto-Slavic *-ъkъ Old Polish -ek Old Polish baranek Polish baranek Inherited from Old Polish baranek. By surface analysis, baran + -ek. Compare Kashubian barónk /barank and Slovincian barónk /barank.