Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ramm

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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-West Germanic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *rammaz.

Adjective

*ramm

2. strong
3. overwhelming

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*ramm
Genitive	*rammas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*ramm	*rammu	*ramm
Accusative	*rammanā	*rammā	*ramm
Genitive	*rammas	*rammeʀā	*rammas
Dative	*rammumē	*rammeʀē	*rammumē
Instrumental	*rammu	*rammeʀu	*rammu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*rammē	*rammō	*rammu
Accusative	*rammā	*rammā	*rammu
Genitive	*rammeʀō	*rammeʀō	*rammeʀō
Dative	*rammēm, *rammum	*rammēm, *rammum	*rammēm, *rammum
Instrumental	*rammēm, *rammum	*rammēm, *rammum	*rammēm, *rammum

Alternative reconstructions

• *ram

Derived terms

• *ramōn
  • Old Saxon: *ramōn
    • Middle Low German: rāmen
      • German Low German: raomen (“to overwhelm, conquer; to meet, encounter”)

Etymology 2

Presumably a nominalization of or otherwise related to the adjective above, based on the ram animal's characteristically vigorous headbutts.

Noun

*ramm m

2. male sheep, ram

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*ramm
Genitive	*rammas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ramm	*rammō, *rammōs
Accusative	*ramm	*rammā
Genitive	*rammas	*rammō
Dative	*rammē	*rammum
Instrumental	*rammu	*rammum

Derived terms

• *rammō
  • Old High German: rammo
    • Middle High German: *ramme
      • German: Ramme

Descendants

• Old English: ramm, ram
  • Middle English: ramme, ram, rom
    • English: ram
    • Scots: ram
• Old Frisian: *ram, *rom
  • Saterland Frisian: Rom
  • West Frisian: raam
• Old Saxon: ramm, ram
  • Middle Low German: ram, ramme
    • German Low German: Ramme, Ramm
• Old Dutch: *ramm, *ram
  • Middle Dutch: ram
    • Dutch: ram
      • Afrikaans: ram
• Old High German: ram
  • Middle High German: ram
    • German: Ramm (archaic)