An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Brombeere

by Friedrich Kluge

Brombeere, f., ‘blackberry,’ from the equiv. MidHG. brâmber, OHG. brâmberi; lit. ‘bramble-berry,’ OHG. brâmo, MidHG. brâme (also ‘briar’ generally). Akin to AS. brôm, E. broom (ModHG. Bram, ‘broom for besoms); AS. brêmel, ‘thorny plant,’ E. bramble, Du. braam, ‘bramble-bush,’ whence Fr. framboise.