barmr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰren- (“project”), related to Old English brant (“steep”), Latvian bruôds (“roof ridge”).

Noun

barmr m

  1. rim

Descendants

  • Icelandic: barmur
  • Faroese: barmur
  • Norwegian Bokmål: barm
  • Swedish: barm
  • Danish: barm

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “barmr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
  • Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
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