English

Ramberg

Ramberg comes from Swedish Ramberg.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of ram ‘frame’ + berg ‘mountain’

Proto-Indo-European ker- ‘to cut’

Proto-Indo-European *(s)krem-

Proto-Germanic *hramō ‘frame, cross’

Proto-West Germanic *hramu ‘frame, support’

Old Saxon hrama ‘frame, framework’

Middle Low German rāme

Old Swedish rama

Swedish ram ‘frame’

Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- ‘to rise up, ascend’

Proto-Germanic *bergaz ‘hill, mountain’

Old Norse bjarg

Swedish berg ‘mountain’

Every English word from Swedish Ramberg

name A surname.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.