ברעם
־ען
די
'eyebrow'

ETYMOLOGY

[Whence the Eastern Yiddish form with -m? Seems related to NHG verbrämen, MHG brem. But may also be influenced by Polish brew somehow.]

Got. braƕs✱; ON brá 'eyelid', OS brāha, brāwa 'eyelid', wintbrāwa 'eyebrow', Dutch wenkbrauw 'eyebrow', wimper 'eyelash', OE brǣw, brēaw 'eyelid' (NE brow < OE brū 'eyebrow'; from PGmc ✱brū- 'bridge'!), OHG brāha, brāwa, wintbrāwa 'eyebrow', MHG brâ, wintbrâ, NHG Augenbraue, Wimper; from PGmc ✱brēwō- 'eyebrow'; from PIE ✱h₃bʰrēuH-o/eh₂-
Perhaps related to a verb indicating quick movement (of the eye) PGmc ✱breg-da- (ON bregða, OE bregdan); from PIE ✱mrekʷ-, cf. Lithuanian mérkti 'to close one's eyes, blink'.
Or from PIE ✱bʰereḱ-, bʰrēḱ 'to shine'.

CENTRAL

Unterland (East Transcarpathian)

brejmə˯n {ETCP, Sîg Felső Szek, 47223}

dɩ brejm {ETCP, near Sighet, 47228}

breˑmən ברעמען {ETCP, Mukachevo, 48226}

dɩ brejm {?} {ETCP, Nyzhnya Apsha, 48233}
- dɩ bréjmen די ברעמען

dɩ bʀejm {POLAND, Wolbrom, 50196}

də raxtə brejm די רעכטע ברעם {POLAND, Warsaw, 52211}

NORTHEASTERN

der brem {BELARUS, Gomel, 52314}

Lithuania

bremen ברעמען (masculine) {LITHUANIA, Kaunas, 54239}

brem (masculine) {LITHUANIA, Vilnius, 54257}
- afɱ rextn brem אויפֿן רעכטן ברעם

SOUTHEASTERN

dɩ liŋkʲɩ brejm די לינקע ברים {ROMANIA, Brăila, 45273}