bloeme

== Middle Dutch == === Alternative forms === blume, blome, bloem, bloom, blomme, blom === Etymology === From Old Dutch *bluomo, from Proto-West Germanic *blōmō. === Noun === bloeme f flower ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: bloem, blom, blomme (dialectal)Afrikaans: bloem, blomNegerhollands: bloem→ Virgin Islands Creole: bluminstji (dated, from a diminutive form)→ Sranan Tongo: blon (flour)→ Aukan: bolon→ Kari'na: polimin→ Saramaccan: boón→ Sranan Tongo: bromki (flower)Aukan: boomiki→ Kari'na: poromiki Limburgish: bloom, blom West Flemish: blomme Zealandic: blomme === Further reading === “bloeme”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “bloeme”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN