Proto-Germanic: *gumara-z, *gumirō, *gimirō(n), *gimalōn, etc.
Meaning: sheep, lamb
Old Norse: gumar-r `Widder (ɵula)'; gümbr f. `einjähriges weibl. Schaf'; gemla f. `einjähriges Schaf' (poet.)
Norwegian: gimber, gümber; gumsa `weibl. Schaf'
Old Swedish: gummer-lamb `Widder'
Swedish: gumse `Widder'; gümmer, dial. gimmer, gimra; dial. gimber; dial. gemmer `Mutterlamm'
Danish: gimmerlam `einjähriges weibl. Lamm'
Middle High German: gamʒ st./wk. t. 'gemse', { gemeʒe }
German: { Gemse }
