Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/brāmil

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From *brām +‎ *-il.

Noun

*brāmil m

blackberry, bramble

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*brāmil
Genitive	*brāmilas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*brāmil	brāmilō, brāmilōs
Accusative	*brāmil	*brāmilā
Genitive	*brāmilas	*brāmilō
Dative	*brāmilē	*brāmilum
Instrumental	*brāmilu	*brāmilum

Derived terms

*brāmilabaʀi

Descendants

Old English: brǣmel, brēmel, bræmbel
- Middle English: brembel, brimbel, brambel
  - English: bramble
  - Scots: brimmle
  - Yola: brimel
Old Frisian: *bramel, *bremel
- West Frisian: brommel
Old Saxon: *brāmal
- Middle Low German: bromel
  - Low German: Brömmel
- ⇒ Old Saxon: brāmalbusk
Old Dutch: *bramel
- Dutch: bramel, brummel