An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Bertram

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Bertram
Friedrich Kluge2506190An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B — Bertram1891John Francis Davis

Bertram, m., ‘Spanish camomile or pellitory,’ based by popular etymology on the proper name Bertram (lit. ‘shining raven,’ see Rabe), and derived from bitron, for Lat.-Gr. pyrethron (πύρεθρον).