Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰren- (project), related to Old English brant (steep), Latvian bruôds (roof ridge).

Noun edit

barmr m

  1. rim

Descendants edit

  • Icelandic: barmur
  • Faroese: barmur
  • Norwegian Bokmål: barm
  • Swedish: barm
  • Danish: barm

References edit

  • barmr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN