hramsa

Old English

Alternative forms

• hromsa, hramse, ramesa

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hramusō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxrɑm.sɑ/, [ˈr̥ɑm.sɑ]

Noun

hramsa m

1. onion
2. garlic, ramsons, wild garlic, Allium ursinum

Declension

Declension of hramsa (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	hramsa	hramsan
accusative	hramsan	hramsan
genitive	hramsan	hramsena
dative	hramsan	hramsum

Descendants

• Middle English: ramson, ramsoun, rameson, ramesen, rampson, rampsoun
  • English: ramson, buckrams, rams, ramps (dialectal)
  • Scots: ramps, ramsh