hamer
Middle English
/ˈhamər/, /ˈhɔmər/
noun
Definitions
- hammer tool for pressing nails inwards
- (figurative) A fierce individual; one with strong convictions or great force.
- (rare) A door-knocker.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English hamor inherited from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz (tool with a stone head) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱmoros.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂eḱmoros
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Thor's hammer English
- ban hammer English
- banhammer English
- claw hammer English
- forehammer English
- goldhammer English
- hammer English
- hammer-headed English
- hammerable English
- hammerer English
- hammerest English
- hammereth English
- hammerfish English
- hammerhead English
- hammerless English
- hammerlike English
- hammerlock English
- hammerman English
- hammermill English
- hammerscale English
- hammersmith English
- hammerspace English
- hammerstone English
- hammertoe English
- hammerwort English
- rehammer English
- sledgehammer English
- underhammer English
- *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eḱmoros Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂éḱmō Proto-Indo-European
- *hamaraz Proto-Germanic
- ハンマー Japanese
- hamor Old English
- hameren Middle English
- hamowre Middle English
- hamarr Old Norse
- hamar Old High German
- *hamar Old Dutch
- hamar Old Saxon
- hamar Old Frisian
- hama Tok Pisin
- hama Hausa
- haamaa Fiji Hindi
- hãma Farefare