Where does “handbremsa” come from?

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

handbremsa (Icelandic): handbrake

Definitions

  1. handbrake

Ancestry of “handbremsa”, step by step

handbremsa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic bremsa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicbremsato brake; brake
2Danishbremsebrake
3Germanbrēmsebrake, device for causing deceleration
4Middle Low Germanbrēmse—
5Old Saxonbrimissa—
6Old Saxon*brummōn—
7Proto-West Germanic*brummōnto drone, hum, growl

via Icelandic hönd

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandichöndhand; side, hand; hand, handwriting
2Old Norsehǫndhand
3Proto-Germanichanduzhand

Words derived from “handbremsa”

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