Where does “silver bream” come from?

silver bream (English) comes from English bream, from Middle English breme, from Old English brēme, from Finnish bromi, from French bromé, from New Latin Bromus, from Ancient Greek βρόμος, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrem- — to bear, carry.

silver bream (English): A fish from any of several species

Definitions

  1. A fish from any of several species

Ancestry of “silver bream”, step by step

silver bream traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English bream

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbreamA European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the...
2Middle Englishbremestormy, tempestuous, fierce
3Old Englishbrēmefamous, glorious, noble
4Finnishbromibromine
5Frenchbromépast participle of bromer; brominated
6New LatinBromus
7Ancient Greekβρόμοςoat; wild oat, slender oat
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrem-to make noise
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰer-to bear, carry

via English Silver

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSilverfor a silversmith or a rich man, or for someone having silvery gray hair or living by a silvery brook
2GermanSilbersilver; argent
3Middle High Germansilber
4Old High Germansilbarsilver
5Proto-West Germanic*silubrsilver
6Proto-Germanicsilubrąsilver
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰer-
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