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Where does “crammeth” come from?

crammeth (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.

crammeth (English): third-person singular simple present indicative...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative...

Ancestry of “crammeth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcramTo press, force, or drive, particularly in...
2Middle Englishcrammen—
3Old Englishcrammianto cram; stuff
4Proto-West Germanic*krammōn—
5Proto-Germanickrammōną—
6Proto-Indo-European*gromH-néh₂-ti—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *gromH-néh₂-ti →