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

Definitions

  1. harness

Ancestry of “ham”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianhámharness; epithelium
2Hungarianhámozto peel
3Proto-Uralickämähard, firm
Every word from Proto-Uralic kämä →Every word from Hungarian hámoz →Every word from Hungarian hám →