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

hrāmian traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic hraimōną

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

via Proto-Germanic hraimaz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichraimaza scream

Words derived from “hrāmian

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kerey-Every word from Proto-Germanic hraimōną