Where does “ham” come from?
ham (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Hungarian hám, from Hungarian hámoz, from Proto-Uralic kämä — hard, firm.
ham (Serbo-Croatian): harness
Ancestry of “ham”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | hám | harness; epithelium |
| 2 | Hungarian | hámoz | to peel |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | kämä | hard, firm |