English word origin

Etymology of Hamar

Borrowed from Norwegian Hamar, from Old Norse Hamarr, identical to hamarr (“rocky hill”).

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗

name

A town with bystatus and municipality of Innlandet, Norway, formerly part of the county of Hedmark.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Borrowed from Norwegian Hamar, from Old Norse Hamarr, identical to hamarr (“rocky hill”).

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

Borrowed-form mentionHamarno
Derivation mentionHamarrnon

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗

name

A surname.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

* As a Hungarian surname, a nickname from hamar (“fast”). * As a Norwegian, surname, a habitational surname from hamar (“hammer; stone, cliff, crag”). * As an English surname, variant of Hamer.

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Source etymology 3

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noun

A community of mostly pastoralist people inhabiting southwestern Ethiopia.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Hamer-Banna hámar.

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

Borrowed-form mentionhámaramf

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