Where does “crame” come from?

crame (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.

crame (English): A merchant's booth; a shop or tent where goods...

Definitions

  1. A merchant's booth; a shop or tent where goods...

Ancestry of “crame”, step by step

crame traces back through 3 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 Middle Dutch kraeme

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchkraeme
2Old High Germankrāmmerchant tent; tent cloth

via Scots crame

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scotscrame
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *gromH-néh₂-tiEvery word from Proto-Germanic krammōnąEvery word from Proto-West Germanic *krammōn