Where does “chip barm” come from?
chip barm (English) comes from English barm, from Middle English barm, from Old English bearm, from Proto-West Germanic *barm, from Proto-Germanic barmaz, from Indo-European *bʰer-.
Ancestry of “chip barm”, step by step
chip barm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English barm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | barm | Bosom, lap; Foam rising upon beer, or other malt... |
| 2 | Middle English | barm | The lap; chest, torso, abdomen; belly, stomach |
| 3 | Old English | bearm | bosom, lap; possession |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *barm | lap |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | barmaz | lap; bosom |
| 6 | Indo-European | *bʰer- | — |
via English Chip
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Chip | A diminutive of the male given names Christopher and Charles |
| 2 | Middle English | chip | fragment, worthless thing; chip, shard, fragment |
| 3 | Old English | ċipp | chip; small piece of wood; chip, splinter,... |
| 4 | Old English | ċippian | to cut; hew |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | kipp- | to chop; split; to cut; carve; hack; chop |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵey- | to split; divide; germinate; sprout; to split;... |