Where does “rama” come from?

rama (Kashubian) comes from Polish rama, from Old Polish rama, from Middle High German rame, from Old High German rama, from Proto-West Germanic *hramu — (timber) frame.

rama (Kashubian): frame

Definitions

  1. frame

Ancestry of “rama”, step by step

rama traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish rama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishramaframe; crossbar
2Old Polishramaframe
3Middle High Germanramecolumn, frame
4Old High Germanramasupport
5Proto-West Germanic*hramu(timber) frame

via German Ramme

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRammeram, battering ram; pile driver
2Middle High Germanramme—
3Old High Germanrammabattering ram
4Proto-Germanicrammazstrong; overbearing; acrid; rank; A male sheep;...
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *hramu →