- lāmā
- lāmāEnglish meaning: swamp, puddleDeutsche Übersetzung: “Pfũtze, Sumpf”?Grammatical information: f.Material: Lat. lüma f. “puddle, slop, swamp, marsh”, probably barely genuine lateinisch; as Appellativ still today in Spanien, Sũdfrankreich, Oberitalien, frequent, often in PN in N Portugals and Spaniens, Korsika, Oberitalien and Apulia, also in Ven.-Illyr. Gebiet; Illyr. FlN Λάμητος (Bruttium), nowadays Lamato; Ltv. lãma “puddle, slop, pit, pothole”, Lith. lomà (man erwartet lóma), acc. sg. lõmą ds.; Bulg. lam m. “pit, pothole, hole”. Maybe Alb. llomë, llohë, “dirt, mud”.References: WP. II 385 f., WH. I 753, 870 f., Trautmann 162, R. Menendez Pidal ZrPh. 59, 202 ff. Unclear is das relationship to finn. lampi, gen. lammen “pond, pool”, estn. lomm “puddle, slop, lowland, depression”, etc.
Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.