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· Proto-Germanic
*brōmiz
2 English words descend from Proto-Germanic
*brōmiz
, most common first.
brim
Originally, a border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; now, any border or edge.
breme
Of the sea, wind, etc.: fierce; raging; stormy, tempestuous.