brand
Afrikaans
/brant/
noun
Definitions
- destructive, catastrophic fire such as a house fire
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish brand (fire, conflagration) inherited from Middle Dutch brant inherited from Old Dutch *brand inherited from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (sword, firebrand, torch, flame, burning, flash, fire-brand, flaming, flaming sword, fire).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*brandaz
Gloss
sword, firebrand, torch, flame, burning, flash, fire-brand, flaming, flaming sword, fire
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
火
Emoji
⚔️ 🤺
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- brant English
- Brandulfi Latin
- bosbrand Dutch, Flemish
- brand Dutch, Flemish
- brandblusser Dutch, Flemish
- brandbom Dutch, Flemish
- brandbrief Dutch, Flemish
- branden Dutch, Flemish
- brandkast Dutch, Flemish
- brandkogel Dutch, Flemish
- brandkraan Dutch, Flemish
- brandmeester Dutch, Flemish
- brandmuur Dutch, Flemish
- brandpunt Dutch, Flemish
- brandschade Dutch, Flemish
- brandschilderen Dutch, Flemish
- brandschoon Dutch, Flemish
- brandslang Dutch, Flemish
- brandspuit Dutch, Flemish
- brandstichten Dutch, Flemish
- brandweer Dutch, Flemish
- brandwond Dutch, Flemish
- brandwonde Dutch, Flemish
- huisbrand Dutch, Flemish
- natuurbrand Dutch, Flemish
- stokebrand Dutch, Flemish
- veenbrand Dutch, Flemish
- veldbrand Dutch, Flemish
- wereldbrand Dutch, Flemish
- woningbrand Dutch, Flemish
- zonnebrand Dutch, Flemish
- *bʰrenu- Proto-Indo-European
- *brandaz Proto-Germanic
- brand Old English
- brandgás Old Norse
- brandr Old Norse
- branden Middle Dutch
- brant Middle Dutch
- brant Old High German
- brandweer Afrikaans
- veld Afrikaans
- veldbrand Afrikaans
- *brand gmw-pro
- *brand Old Dutch
- *brand Frankish