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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/brām
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰrem- (“thorn, point”).
Noun
*brām m
- blackberry, bramble
Inflection
Masculine a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *brām | |
Genitive | *brāmas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *brām | *brāmō, *brāmōs |
Accusative | *brām | *brāmā |
Genitive | *brāmas | *brāmō |
Dative | *brāmē | *brāmum |
Instrumental | *brāmu | *brāmum |
Derived terms
- *brāmabaʀi
- *brāmijō
- Old Saxon: brāmio
- Old Dutch: *brāmo
- Middle Dutch: brame
- Dutch: braam
- Middle Dutch: brame
- Old High German: brāmo m, brāma f
- Middle High German: brāme m
- *brāmil
Descendants
- Old English: brōm
- Middle English: brom
- English: broom
- Scots: brume, bruim
- Middle English: brom
- Old Frisian: *brōm, *brām
- Saterland Frisian: Brom
- West Frisian: brem, bremerheide
- Old Saxon: *brām
- Middle Low German: brâm
- German Low German: Braam, Braom
- Middle Low German: brâm