köken: From Middle High German hamel, from Old High German hamal (“wether”, also an adjective “castrated”), from Proto-Germanic *hamalaz (“mutilated”). Cognate with Dutch hamel.
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: From Middle Dutch hamel, from Old Dutch *hamal, from Proto-Germanic *hamalaz (“mutilated, castrated”). Cognate with German Hammel. Further origin uncertain; perhaps related to ham (“bacon”).
köken: Uncertain. * Traditionally connected to Proto-Indo-European *wr̥h₁ḗn (“lamb”, acc. *wr̥h₁énm̥, gen. *wr̥h₁nós), but with unusual suffixation *-w-ēk- (for -ēx, compare -ex with a short vowel found in some other names of plants and animals), which along with other problems makes this derivation difficult to motivate. Possibly borrowed from another Indo-European language, which could also explain…