Where does “barm” come from?
barm (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic barmaz, from Indo-European *bʰer-.
Ancestry of “barm”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | barmaz | lap; bosom |
| 2 | Indo-European | *bʰer- | — |
Words derived from “barm”