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Where does “ram” come from?

ram (Middle High German) comes from Old High German rama, from Proto-West Germanic *hramu.

Ancestry of “ram”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanramasupport
2Proto-West Germanic*hramu—

Words derived from “ram”

  • рама
  • Türrahmen
  • Rahmen
  • Fensterrahmen
  • Rahmenbedingung
  • rama
  • înrăma
  • ramă
  • Ramm
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *hramu →