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English word hammer comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éḱmō (Stone.)

*h₂éḱmō (Proto-Indo-European)

Stone.

*h₂eḱmoros (Proto-Indo-European)

*hamaraz (Proto-Germanic)

Hammer.

hamor (Old English)

Hammer.

hamer (Middle English)

hammer (English)

(cycling, intransitive, slang) To ride very fast.. (figuratively) To emphasize a point repeatedly.. (intransitive) To strike internally, as if hit by a hammer.. (sports) To hit particularly hard.. (transitive, figuratively, sports) To defeat (a person, a team) resoundingly. To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating.. To strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the [...]

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