bran
English
/ˈbɹæn/, /ˈbɹæn/
noun
Definitions
- The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain.
- (ornithology) The European carrion crow.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English bran derived from Old French bren (bran, excrement) derived from Gaulish brennos (rotten) derived from Proto-Celtic *bragnos (rotten, foul, faul) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreHg- (have a strong odour, smell, stink, flatulate).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰreHg-
Gloss
have a strong odour, smell, stink, flatulate
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
嗅
Emoji
🐽 👃
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- brack English
- brackish English
- branflake English
- branlike English
- branmeal English
- branny English
- brantail English
- flake English
- meal English
- tail English
- brenna Latin
- brak Dutch, Flemish
- uitbrakken Dutch, Flemish
- berner French
- *bʰreHg- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰreHg-, *bʰr̥Hg-nós Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰreg- Proto-Indo-European
- *brekaną Proto-Germanic
- bran Middle English
- bren Middle English
- bréan Irish
- brai Old French
- bren Old French
- braña Galician
- braen Welsh
- bran Welsh
- brac Middle Dutch
- brén Old Irish
- *brageti Proto-Celtic
- *bragnos Proto-Celtic
- *brennos Gaulish
- brennos Gaulish