Where does “brēmse” come from?

brēmse (German) comes from Middle Low German brēmse, from Old Saxon brimissa, from Old Saxon *brummōn, from Proto-West Germanic *brummōn — to drone, hum, growl.

brēmse (German): brake, device for causing deceleration

Definitions

  1. brake, device for causing deceleration

Ancestry of “brēmse”, step by step

brēmse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Low German brēmse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanbrēmse—
2Old Saxonbrimissa—
3Old Saxon*brummōn—
4Proto-West Germanic*brummōnto drone, hum, growl

via Middle High German bremse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanbremse—
2Middle Low Germanpremesetwitch for horses
3Middle Low Germanpremen—

Words derived from “brēmse”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *brummōn →Every word from Old Saxon *brummōn →Every word from Old Saxon brimissa →