An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Jammer

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, J
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

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2521429An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, J — JammerJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Jammer, masculine, ‘sorrow, grief, wailing,’ from the equivalent Middle High German jâmer, Old High German jâmar, masculine and neuter; properly a neuter adjective used as a substantive, Old High German jâmar, ‘mournful’ (hence Jammer, ‘that which is mournful’); in Old Saxon and Anglo-Saxon the adjective only exists, compare Old Saxon jâmar, Anglo-Saxon geômor, ‘paiuful, mournful.’ The origin of this word, which is unknown to East Teutonic (Gothic *jêmrs), is obscure.