Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/brāmil

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 *brām +‎ *-il (diminutive suffix).

Noun

*brāmil m

1. 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, brambel, brimbel
    • 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