Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/brām

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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 Proto-Indo-European *bʰrem- (“thorn, point”).

Noun

*brām m

1. blackberry, bramble

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	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
        • Afrikaans: braam
  • Old High German: brāmo m, brāma f
    • Middle High German: brāme m
• *brāmil

Descendants

• Old English: brōm
  • Middle English: brom, brome, broom, broome; brume (Northern)
    • English: broom
    • Scots: brume, bruim
• Old Frisian: *brōm, *brām
  • Saterland Frisian: Brom
  • West Frisian: brem, bremerheide
• Old Saxon: *brām
  • Middle Low German: brâm
    • German Low German: Braam, Braom