bèrmę

bèrmę Grammatical information: n. n Accent paradigm: a Proto-Slavic meaning: `load, burden'

Page in Trubačev: I 197-197

Old Church Slavic:

brěmę `load, burden' [n n], brěmene [Gens]

Russian:

berémja (dial.) `armful, bundle, burden' [n n], berémeni [Gens]

Ukrainian:

beremja `load, burden' [n n]

Czech:

břímě `heavy load, burden' [n n], brěmene [Gens]

Slovak:

bremä (arch.) `weight' [n n]

Polish:

brzemię `load, burden' [n n], brzemienia [Gens]

Upper Sorbian:

brěmjo `heavy load, burden' [n n], brěmjenja [Gens]

Lower Sorbian:

brěḿe `load, burden, yoke, bundle' [n n], breḿeńa [Gens]

Serbo-Croatian:

brȅme `weight, load, pregnant woman' [n n], brȅmena [Gens];

Čak. brȉme (Vrgada) `weight, load' [n n], brȉmena [Gens], brimenå̃ [Nom p];

Čak. brȅme(n) (Orbanići) `load, burden' [n n]

Slovene:

bréme `weight, load, bunch, foetus, burden' [n n], bremę́na [Gens]

Bulgarian:

bréme `weight, load, pregnant woman' [n n], brȅmena [Gens]

Indo-European reconstruction: bʰerH-men-

IE meaning: burden

Page in Pokorny: 128

Comments: The accentuation of the etymon points to the presence of a laryngeal in the root.

Other cognates:

Skt. bharīman- `maintenance, care, burden' [n]