priem

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) bodkin, awl
2. (masculine) punch, piercer
3. (masculine) squeezing mandrel

Adj

apocopic form of prima (“excellent, fine”)

Concepts

awl

pricker

prime

bodkin

piercer

prong

pry

punch

👊

hallmark

broach

stitching awl

Synonyms

els

steekpriem

breinaald

hendel

zuil

hefboom

breipen

Translations

Ahle

alène

sovela

Pfriem

Pfrieme

punteruolo

alena

tonale

lesina

Ort

πρώτος

su’vli

-n

Hebel

Pronounced as (IPA)

/prim/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: priem

Cognate with Low German: Preem

Cognate with German: Pfriem

Cognate with Lithuanian: briaunà

In summary

From Middle Dutch priem, from Proto-Germanic *preumaz (compare Low German Preem, German Pfriem), alteration of *preunaz, from Proto-Indo-European *brewn- (compare Lithuanian briaunà ‘edge’, Albanian brez ‘belt, girdle’).