Where does “ram” come from?

ram (Middle English) comes from Old English ramm, from Proto-West Germanic *ramm, from Proto-Germanic rammaz — strong; overbearing; acrid; rank; A male sheep;...

ram (Middle English): male sheep, ram; Aries; pile driver, battering...

Definitions

  1. male sheep, ram; Aries; pile driver, battering...

Ancestry of “ram”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishrammram; battering ram
2Proto-West Germanic*rammstrong
3Proto-Germanicrammazstrong; overbearing; acrid; rank; A male sheep;...

Words derived from “ram

Every word from Proto-Germanic rammaz