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

References
  • “barmr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • 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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