Where does “brambleberry” come from?

brambleberry (English) comes from English Berry, from Middle English berye, from Old English berġe, from Proto-West Germanic baʀi, from Proto-Germanic bazją, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-s-ri-.

brambleberry (English): The blackberry

Definitions

  1. The blackberry

Ancestry of “brambleberry”, step by step

brambleberry traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Berry

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBerryA place name
2Middle Englishberyeberry, fruit; grape
3Old Englishberġeberry
4Proto-West Germanicbaʀiberry
5Proto-Germanicbazjąberry
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-to shine, glow light; to speak, say
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-s-ri-—

via English bramble

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbrambleAny of many closely related thorny plants in the...
2Middle EnglishbrembelA thorny shrub or prickly plant, especially
3Old EnglishbræmbelAlternative form of brǣmel
4Proto-West Germanic*brāmilblackberry, bramble

Words derived from “brambleberry”

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