Etymology Explorer › Swedish

Where does “gam” come from?

gam (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish gamber, from Old Norse gammr.

gam (Swedish): a vulture or condor; scavenging birds living in...

Definitions

  1. a vulture or condor; scavenging birds living in...

Ancestry of “gam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishgamber—
2Old Norsegammr—

Words derived from “gam”

  • gåsgam
Every word from Old Norse gammr →