- bherem-1
- bherem-1English meaning: to stick out; edge, hemDeutsche Übersetzung: “hervorstehen, eine Spitze or Kante bilden; Kante, Spitze”?Material: bhorm-: O.Ice. barmr “edge, hem”, ey-barmr “ the edge of an island “, Nor. dial. barm “ extremity, border, brim, edge, rim “ (e.g. in the sail), N.Ger. barm, berme “ a ledge at the bottom of a bank or cutting, to catch earth that may roll down the slope, or to strengthen the bank; a narrow shelf or path between the bottom of a parapet and the ditch “. bhrem-: bhrom- : Perhaps Lat. frōns, frondis f. “ a leaf, foliage; meton., a chaplet or crown of leaves “ (*bhrom-di-, as glüns from *glan-di-);Note: common Lat. ph- > f- shift O.N. brum n. “leaf buds “, O.H.G. brom, brum ds., Swiss brom “ flower bud, young twig, branch”, ablaut. brüme ds. In a basic meaning “bristly, thorn” go back: O.E. brōm m. “broom” (*bhrēmo-), M.L.G. brüm “ blackberry bush, broom”, O.H.G. brümo m., brüma f. “briar, blackberry bush “, brümberi, Ger. Brombeere, O.E. brēmel, Eng. bramble (Proto-Gmc. *brümil), ablaut. mnl. bremme, O.H.G. brimma “broom” and M.L.G. brēme, brumme ds. With the meaning “edge, border”: M.H.G. brëm n. “border, edging, edge”, Ger. verbrämen , changing through ablaut M.Eng. brimme, Eng. brim “edge”.References: WP. II 102.
Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.