brim
English
/bɹɪm/
noun
Definitions
- (obsolete) The sea; ocean; water; flood.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English brim (shore, surf, sea, ocean) inherited from Old English brim (flood, sea, ocean, wave, sea-edge, surf, water, shore) inherited from Proto-Germanic *brimą (surf, surge, sea, turbulence), *bremaną (roar) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrem- (make noise, ramble, buzz, make a noise, hum).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰrem-
Gloss
make noise, ramble, buzz, make a noise, hum
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Bremen English
- abrim English
- berm English
- brimless English
- brimlessness English
- brimmer English
- brimmeth English
- broad English
- broadbrim English
- overbrim English
- underbrim English
- affremo Latin
- fremebundus Latin
- fremere Latin
- fremitāre Latin
- fremo Latin
- fremō Latin
- Bremen German
- Bremer German
- Brummbär German
- Brummer German
- Gebrumm German
- brummen German
- brummig German
- stadtbremisch German
- verbrämen German
- brombeer Dutch, Flemish
- bromfiets Dutch, Flemish
- brommen Dutch, Flemish
- brommer Dutch, Flemish
- brompot Dutch, Flemish
- bromtol Dutch, Flemish
- gebrom Dutch, Flemish
- Brême French
- berme French
- bramer French
- обрамить Russian
- ра́ма Russian
- βρέμω Ancient Greek
- ὑψιβρεμέτης Ancient Greek
- *bʰrem- Proto-Indo-European
- Bremen Portuguese
- *bramjaną Proto-Germanic
- *bremaną Proto-Germanic
- *brimą Proto-Germanic
- *brummōną Proto-Germanic
- *brēm- Proto-Germanic
- *brōmiz Proto-Germanic
- obramować Polish
- brim Old English
- भ्रमर Sanskrit
- भ्रमरक Sanskrit
- brim Middle English
- brim Old Norse
- bremar Galician
- βρομο- Greek (modern)
- brompit Indonesian
- brema Old High German
- brummen Middle High German
- bramer Middle French
- 𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- brummen Middle Low German
- verbremen Middle Low German
- bremo Old Saxon