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

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
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