Where does “behämmern” come from?

behämmern (German) comes from German hämmern, from Middle High German hemeren, from Old High German hemeren, from Old High German hamarjaną, from Proto-Germanic hamarōną — to hammer.

behämmern (German): to hammer something to work on something with a hammer

Definitions

  1. to hammer something to work on something with a hammer

Ancestry of “behämmern”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanhämmernto hammer
2Middle High Germanhemeren—
3Old High Germanhemeren—
4Old High Germanhamarjaną—
5Proto-Germanichamarōnąto hammer
Every word from Proto-Germanic hamarōną →Every word from Old High German hamarjaną →Every word from Old High German hemeren →