The story
- Old English · derived fromhamor“cliff”
- English todayHamer
* As an English surname, from the place in Lancashire, from Old English hamor (“cliff”), apparently a rare use instead of the sense for "hammer" (compare Old Norse hamarr (“stone, cliff”). * As an English surname of Norman origin, variant of Amer. * As a Dutch surname, from hamer (“hammer”). * As a German and Jewish surname, variant of the noun Hammer (“hammer”), with several Slavic derivatives.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishhamor all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.