*barmaz²

Runic: ᛒᚨᚱᛗᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈbɑr.mɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

  1. edge, border
  2. seam

Etymology

Origin uncertain. Pokorny traced this back to a Proto-Indo-European root *bʰrem- with a sense of ‘stick out, edge, hem’, in which case this specific form would have come from PIE *bʰórm-o-s. Potential cognates would be Latin frōns (‘leafy branch, foliage, greenery’), Dutch brem (‘broom shrub’), and English brim.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.barmazbarmōz, barmōs
Acc.barmąbarmanz
Gen.barmas, barmisbarmǫ̂
Dat.barmaibarmamaz
Inst.barmōbarmamiz
Voc.barmbarmōz, barmōs

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Descendants

  • *barm (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *barm (Old Dutch)
      • barm, barem, baerm (Middle Dutch)
        • berm (Dutch)
          • berme (French)
            • berm (English)
  • *barm (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *barm, *berm (Old Frisian)
      • barm, berm (West Frisian)
  • *barm (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *barm (Old Saxon)
      • barm, berme (Middle Low German)
        • Berme (Low German)
          • Berme (German)
  • barmr (Old Norse)
    • barm (Danish)
    • barmur (Faroese)
    • barmur (Icelandic)
    • barm (Norwegian Bokmål)
    • barm (Swedish)
  • *pärmeh (Proto-Finnic)

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