From Northern Middle English ramen, from Old English *hrāmian, from Proto-West Germanic *hraimōn, from Proto-Germanic *hraimōną, *hraimaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerey-. Cognate with Old Norse hreimr, and possibly to Old English hrēam.
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