West Frisian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Frisian krām, from Middle Dutch crâem, from Old High German krām, probably ultimately borrowed from Slavic, such as Old Church Slavonic gramŭ (pub, inn) or črěmŭ (tent).[1]

Noun edit

kream c (plural kreammen, diminutive kreamke)

  1. booth, stall, stand
    Synonym: diske
  2. childbirth

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • kream”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

References edit

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “kraam1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute