brasem

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch brasem, from Old Dutch *brasma, from West Germanic *brahsmō, from Proto-Germanic *brahsmǭ, *brahsinō, *brahsmaz (“bream”). Further etymology uncertain; perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrēḱ- (“to shine”) (see English braid (verb)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbraː.səm/

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• Hyphenation: bra‧sem
• Rhymes: -aːsəm

Noun

brasem m (plural brasems, diminutive brasempje n)

1. bream (Abramis brama)

Derived terms

• goudbrasem

References

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “brasem”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
• “brème”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Further reading

• brasem on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl