Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/barm

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 1

From Proto-Germanic *barmaz (“lap”).

Noun

*barm m

lap
bosom

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*barm
Genitive	*barmas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*barm	barmō, barmōs
Accusative	*barm	*barmā
Genitive	*barmas	*barmō
Dative	*barmē	*barmum
Instrumental	*barmu	*barmum

Descendants

Old English: bearm
- Middle English: barm, barme, bearm, berm, berme
  - English: barm
  - Scots: berme, berm, barm
Old Frisian: *barm
- ⇒ Old Frisian: barmbracco
Old Saxon: barm
- Middle Low German: barme
Old High German: barm
- Middle High German: barm, barn, parm
  - German: Barm

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *barmaz (“edge”).

Noun

*barm m

border, edge
bank

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*barm
Genitive	*barmas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*barm	barmō, barmōs
Accusative	*barm	*barmā
Genitive	*barmas	*barmō
Dative	*barmē	*barmum
Instrumental	*barmu	*barmum

Descendants

Old Frisian: *barm, *berm
- West Frisian: barm, berm
Old Saxon: *barm
- Middle Low German: barm, berme
  - German Low German: Berme
    - → German: Berme
Old Dutch: *barm
- Middle Dutch: barm, barem, baerm
  - Dutch: berm
    - → French: berme
      - → English: berm

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