Ram
Old English ram(m), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ram .
wiktionary
From Middle English ram, rom, ramme, from Old English ramm(“ram”), from Proto-Germanic *rammaz(“ram”), possibly from *rammaz(“strong”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Rom(“ram”), Dutch ram(“a male sheep”), German Ramm, Ramme(“ram”). Possibly akin also to Danish ram(“sharp; acrid; rank”), Swedish ram(“strong; perfect”), Faroese ramur(“strong; competent”), Icelandic rammur(“strong; sturdy”).
From Middle English rammen, from the noun (see above). Compare Old High German rammen.
Likely from Old Norse ramr, rammr(“strong, rank, bitter”), from Proto-Germanic *rammaz(“strong, overbearing; acrid, rank”), perhaps ultimately related to Etymology 1 above. Compare Scots ram(“a rank odour”). Compare also Middle English rammish(“rank, offensive in smell”).
etymonline
RAM (n.)
1957, acronym for random access memory (computerese).
ram (n.)
Old English ramm "male sheep," also "battering ram, instrument for crushing or driving by impact," and the zodiac sign; earlier rom "male sheep," a West Germanic word (cognates: Middle Low German, Middle Dutch, Dutch, Old High German ram), of unknown origin. Perhaps [Klein] connected with Old Norse rammr "strong," Old Church Slavonic ramenu "impetuous, violent."
ram (v.)
c. 1300, "to beat with a heavy implement, make the ground firm by tamping," from ram (n.). By 1864 as "dash violently against, strike with great force." Related: Rammed; ramming.
