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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rammaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɑm.mɑz/

Etymology 1

Unknown. Perhaps akin to Old Church Slavonic рамѣнъ (raměnŭ, severe).

Adjective

*rammaz

  1. strong; overbearing
  2. (of smell, taste, etc.) acrid; rank
Inflection


Descendants
  • Old English: *remian (attested in remiġende)
  • Old Saxon: *ram-
    • Low German: ram- (in ramdäsig)
  • Old Norse: rammr, ramr
    • Icelandic: rammur
    • Faroese: ramur
    • Old Swedish: ramber
    • Danish: ram
    • Westrobothnian: ram

Etymology 2

Unknown. Perhaps derived from the adjective above.

Noun

*rammaz m

  1. A male sheep; ram
Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *rammaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *rammaz *rammōz, *rammōs
vocative *ramm *rammōz, *rammōs
accusative *rammą *rammanz
genitive *rammas, *rammis *rammǫ̂
dative *rammai *rammamaz
instrumental *rammō *rammamiz
Descendants
  • Old English: ramm, ram, rom
  • Old Frisian: *ram, *rom
    • Saterland Frisian: Rom
    • West Frisian: raam
  • Old Saxon: ramm, ram
    • Middle Low German: ram
      • Low German: Ram
  • Old Dutch: *ramm, *ram
  • Old High German: ram; rammo
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