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”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Proposed cognates?”)

Noun

*brām m

blackberry, bramble

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*brām(a)
Genitive	*brāmas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*brām(a)	*brāmōs
Accusative	*brām(a)	*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