Where does “brumma” come from?

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

brumma (Swedish): to make a deep, humming or growling sound (of for example a bear, an engine, or a fan)

Definitions

  1. to make a deep, humming or growling sound (of for example a bear, an engine, or a fan)

Ancestry of “brumma”, step by step

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

Words derived from “brumma”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *brummōn →Every word from Old Saxon *brummōn →Every word from Middle Low German brummen →