beorma

== Old English == === Alternative forms === beorm, bearm === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *bermō (“yeast, leaven”), from Proto-Indo-European *bher- (“to boil up”), from *bʰrewe- (“to boil, bubble, burn”). Akin to West Frisian berme (“barm”), Middle Dutch berm, barm (“barm”); Low German Bärm, Bärme; Swedish bärme; Old English brēowan (“to brew”), bēor (“beer”). Cognate to Albanian burmë (“fully ripe”). More at brew, beer. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbe͜or.mɑ/, [ˈbe͜orˠ.mɑ] === Noun === beorma m yeast, leaven the foam or head of a beer, beerhead ==== Declension ==== Weak: ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: berme, berm, beorme (early south West Midlands), barm, barme (Late Middle English)English: barmScots: barm, berme, barme, baurmYola: barrm