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hammare

“hammare” is a Swedish word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a hammer (tool)
  2. a hammer (in a piano or dulcimer – a piece of wood covered in felt that strikes the string)
  3. malleus, hammer

Etymology

From Old Swedish hamar, from Old Norse hamarr, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱmoros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éḱmō (“stone”).

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