kream

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian krām, from Middle Dutch crâem, from Old High German krām, probably ultimately borrowed from Slavic, such as Old Church Slavonic грамъ (gramŭ, “pub, inn”) or чрѣмъ (črěmŭ, “tent”).[1]

Noun

kream c (plural kreammen, diminutive kreamke)

  1. booth, stall, stand
    Synonym: diske
  2. childbirth

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “kream”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

References

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “kraam1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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