Where does “cramdown” come from?

cramdown (English) comes from English cram, from Middle English crammen, from Old English crammian, from Proto-West Germanic *krammōn, from Proto-Germanic krammōną, from Proto-Indo-European *gromH-néh₂-ti.

cramdown (English): A court settlement in bankruptcy in which...

Definitions

  1. A court settlement in bankruptcy in which...

Ancestry of “cramdown”, step by step

cramdown traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English cram

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcramTo press, force, or drive, particularly in...
2Middle Englishcrammen—
3Old Englishcrammianto cram; stuff
4Proto-West Germanic*krammōnto squeeze
5Proto-Germanickrammōnąto squeeze
6Proto-Indo-European*gromH-néh₂-ti—

via English Down

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishDownusually known as County Down
2Middle Englishdoundown
3Old Englishdūnhill, down; hill, dune; hill, mountain
4Proto-Germanic*dūnā—
5Proto-Celticdūnomstronghold, rampart
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *gromH-néh₂-ti →