English word origin

Etymology of Hamer

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗

name

A surname. · A placename for Hamer, near Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK (unconfirmed). · A small city in Jefferson County, Idaho. · An unincorporated community in Williams County, Ohio.

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* As an English surname, from the place in Lancashire, from Old English hamor (“cliff”), apparently a rare use instead of the sense for "hammer" (compare Old Norse hamarr (“stone, cliff”). * As an English surname of Norman origin, variant of Amer. * As a Dutch surname, from hamer (“hammer”). * As a German and Jewish surname, variant of the noun Hammer (“hammer”), with several Slavic derivatives.

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Derivation mentionhamorang · cliff
Cognate mentionhamarrnon · stone, cliff

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Source etymology 2

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noun

Alternative form of Hamar (“a people of Ethiopia”).

name

A South Omotic language spoken primarily in southern Ethiopia by the Hamar people and Banna people, and by speakers of Karo.

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