Brombeer
/ˈbrɒm.bɪər/noun
An archaic English word for a blackberry, borrowed from German.
Did you know?Brombeer entered English as a German borrowing, while its first element is related to words such as “bramble” and “broom,” both associated with thorny or brush-like vegetation.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*brēmōn + *bazją
“Bramble or thorny shrub + berry”
Old High German
OHG
brāmberi
“Berry of the bramble”
Middle High German
MHG
brāmber
“Blackberry or bramble berry”
Early Modern German
German
Brombeer
“Blackberry; a shortened form related to Brombeere”
19th Century
English
brombeer
“A blackberry, recorded as a German loanword”
Modern English
English
Brombeer
“An archaic or dialectal term for blackberry”