ram

Middle English

/ram/

noun

Definitions

male sheep, ram
(astrology) Aries
pile driver, battering ram

Etymology

Inherited from Old English ramm (ram) inherited from Proto-Germanic *rammaz (strong, overbearing, acrid, ram, rank).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*rammaz

Gloss

strong, overbearing, acrid, ram, rank

Concept

Semantic Field

Food and drink

Ontological Category

Property

`Kanji`

強

Emoji

💪 🐂 🐅 🐆 🐗 🐯

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

ram English
ram-packed English
ramjet English
ramline English
rammable English
rammee English
rammer English
rammish English
rammy English
ramraid English
ramrod English
ramshorn English
ramskin English
*rammaz Proto-Germanic
ramm Old English
*ram Old Dutch
*rom Old Frisian