English
hammer pond
Hammer pond comes from Middle English hamer ‘a hammer’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *hamaraz.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hamaraz‘hammer’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hamarreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150hamor‘hammer’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hamer‘a hammer’
- Englishearliest quotation 1866hammer pond
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hamaraz‘hammer’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hamarreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150hamor‘hammer’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hamer‘a hammer’
- Englishearliest quotation 1866hammer pond
Earliest quotation: 1866, Charles Kingsley, London: Nelson: “[T]hroughout the Southern Weald, from Hastings to Hind-head, every…”
Every English word from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz
Today it means
noun The millpond of an iron forge, especially in the Weald.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *hamaraz / hammer pond