Where does “gaams” come from?

gaams (Westrobothnian) comes from Old Norse gama — to joke.

gaams (Westrobothnian): To talk nonsense, casually jest, laugh

Definitions

  1. To talk nonsense, casually jest, laugh

Ancestry of “gaams”, step by step

gaams traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse gama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsegamato joke

via Old Norse gems

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsegemsgibe, scoff
Every word from Old Norse gama