Etymology

Chramn

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Today it means: A male given name from Frankish, of historical usage, notably borne by Chramn, a Merovingian prince. Full definition →

Medieval Latin Chramnus ← Frankish *Hramn ← Proto-West Germanic *hrabn
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*hrabnaz“raven”
  2. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*hrabn
  3. Frankish · derived from*Hramn
  4. Medieval Latin · borrowed fromChramnus
  5. English todayChramn

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Chramnus, from Frankish *Hramn, Proto-West Germanic *hrabn, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hrabnaz (“raven”). Doublet of raven.

Words from the same roots

Proto-West Germanic*hrabn all →

raven

Proto-Germanic*hrabnaz all →

raven

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.