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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rammaz
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Proto-Germanic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɑm.mɑz/
Etymology 1
Unknown. Perhaps akin to Old Church Slavonic рамѣнъ (raměnŭ, “severe”).
Adjective
*rammaz
- strong; overbearing
- (of smell, taste, etc.) acrid; rank
Inflection
Declension of *rammaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *rammaz | *rammai | *rammō | *rammôz | *rammą, -atō | *rammō |
| Accusative | *rammanǭ | *rammanz | *rammǭ | *rammōz | *rammą, -atō | *rammō |
| Genitive | *rammas, -is | *rammaizǫ̂ | *rammaizōz | *rammaizǫ̂ | *rammas, -is | *rammaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *rammammai | *rammaimaz | *rammaizōi | *rammaimaz | *rammammai | *rammaimaz |
| Instrumental | *rammanō | *rammaimiz | *rammaizō | *rammaimiz | *rammanō | *rammaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *rammô | *rammaniz | *rammǭ | *rammōniz | *rammô | *rammōnō |
| Accusative | *rammanų | *rammanunz | *rammōnų | *rammōnunz | *rammô | *rammōnō |
| Genitive | *ramminiz | *rammanǫ̂ | *rammōniz | *rammōnǫ̂ | *ramminiz | *rammanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *rammini | *rammammaz | *rammōni | *rammōmaz | *rammini | *rammammaz |
| Instrumental | *ramminē | *rammammiz | *rammōnē | *rammōmiz | *ramminē | *rammammiz |
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
- Swedish: ram
- Danish: ram
- Westrobothnian: ram
Etymology 2
Unknown. Perhaps derived from the adjective above.
Noun
*rammaz m
- 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
- Middle English: ramme, ram, rom
- Scots: ram
- English: ram
- Middle English: ramme, ram, rom
- Old Frisian: *ram, *rom
- Saterland Frisian: Rom
- West Frisian: raam
- Old Saxon: ramm, ram
- Middle Low German: ram
- Low German: Ram
- Middle Low German: ram
- Old Dutch: *ramm, *ram
- Middle Dutch: ram
- Dutch: ram
- Afrikaans: ram
- Dutch: ram
- Middle Dutch: ram
- Old High German: ram; rammo
- Middle High German: ram; *ramme
- German: Ramm; Ramme
- Middle High German: ram; *ramme