Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/brāmabaʀi

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 (“blackberry; bramble”) +‎ *baʀi (“berry”).

Noun

*brāmabaʀi n

1. blackberry

   Synonym: *brāmilabaʀi

Inflection

Neuter ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*brāmabaʀi
Genitive	*brāmabaʀjas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*brāmabaʀi	*brāmabaʀju
Accusative	*brāmabaʀi	*brāmabaʀju
Genitive	*brāmabaʀjas	*brāmabaʀjō
Dative	*brāmabaʀjē	*brāmabaʀjum
Instrumental	*brāmabaʀju	*brāmabaʀjum

Alternative forms

• *brāmabasi

Descendants

• Old English: brēmber
  • Middle English: brambere, brambre, brembre
    • English: bramberry
• Old Frisian:
  • Saterland Frisian: Brumbäie
  • West Frisian: brombei
• Old Saxon: brāmberi
  • Middle Low German: bramber
    • German Low German:

      Westphalian:

      Westmünsterländisch: Brommbeer

      East Westphalian: Brümber (Ravensberg)

    • → Danish: brambær, brombær
      • → Icelandic: brómber
    • → Swedish: brambär, brombär
• Old High German: brāmberi
  • Middle High German: brāmber
    • German: Brombeere
• → Old French: framboise
  • Middle French: framboise
    • French: framboise (see there for further descendants)
      • → English: framboise
      • → Latin: frambēsia
        • → English: frambesia (learned)
    • → Dutch: framboos
      • Afrikaans: framboos
      • → Indonesian: frambos