Where does “kram” come from?

kram (Danish) comes from Old Norse krama, from Old Norse kremja, from Proto-Germanic *krammijaną — to squeeze.

kram (Danish): hug; stuff, things, goods; imperative of kramme

Definitions

  1. hug; stuff, things, goods; imperative of kramme

Ancestry of “kram”, step by step

kram traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse krama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsekramato press, squeeze
2Old Norsekremjato crush
3Proto-Germanic*krammijanąto squeeze

via Old Norse kram

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsekram—
2Middle Low Germankrämfine cloth; also used for merchant tents, thus...

Words derived from “kram”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *krammijaną →Every word from Old Norse kremja →Every word from Old Norse krama →