Where does “hamer” come from?
hamer (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch hamar, from Proto-West Germanic *hamar, from Proto-Germanic hamaraz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱmoros, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éḱmō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- — sharp.
Ancestry of “hamer”, step by step
Words derived from “hamer”