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.
handbremsa (Icelandic): handbrake
Ancestry of “handbremsa”, step by step
Words derived from “handbremsa”