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Where does “hrāmian” come from?

hrāmian (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic hraimōną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kerey- — to scream, screech; to scream, caw.

Ancestry of “hrāmian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichraimōnąto scream
2Proto-Indo-European(s)kerey-to scream, screech; to scream, caw

Words derived from “hrāmian”

  • ramble
  • rambler
  • rame
  • rambly
  • rammle
  • ramelen
  • ramlen
  • ramen
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