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ברומען
‘to growl, roar’

ברומען
געברומט
'to growl, roar'

ETYMOLOGY

Dutch brommen, MHG brummen, NHG brummen; from PGmc ✱brummōn- 'to drone, hum'; from PIE ✱bʰrm-néh₂-; the iterative to ✱breman- ~ ✱brimman- 'to drone, hum' (OHG breman, MHG bremen, brimmen); from PIE ✱bʰrém-e-, from the root ✱bʰrem- 'to drone, hum'; cf. Latin fremō 'to drone, roar'

WESTERN

Old Literary Yiddish (ca. 1100-1800)

האט טאג אונ' נאכֿט טאן שרייהן אונ' ברומן.
'(he) screamed and growled day and night'

Wie die Alte summe, thun die Junge brumme.