brandish
English
/ˈbɹændɪʃ/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating anger, threat or skill.
- (transitive) To bear something with ostentatious show.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English braundishen derived from Old French brandiss- derived from Frankish *brandijan, *brand (firebrand, sword, flaming sword, brand, cinder, burnt log) derived from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (sword, firebrand, torch, flame, burning, flash, fire-brand, flaming, flaming sword, fire) suffix from English brand.
Origin
English
brand
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- brand English
- brandable English
- brander English
- brandest English
- brandeth English
- brandification English
- brandiron English
- brandisher English
- brandishest English
- brandisheth English
- brandishment English
- brandless English
- brandlike English
- brandling English
- brandmark English
- brandophile English
- brant English
- cobrand English
- debrand English
- firebrand English
- intrabrand English
- megabrand English
- microbrand English
- misbrand English
- multibrand English
- nonbrand English
- overbrand English
- rebrand English
- subbrand English
- superbrand English
- brändätä Finnish
- *brandiō Latin
- *brandus Latin
- Brandulfi Latin
- brand Italian
- бренд Russian
- *bʰrenu- Proto-Indo-European
- *brandaz Proto-Germanic
- ブランド Japanese
- brand Old English
- brand Middle English
- braundishen Middle English
- branda Irish
- brandgás Old Norse
- brandr Old Norse
- brandiss- Old French
- brandon Old French
- brant Old French
- brant Old High German
- *brand gmw-pro
- *brand Old Dutch
- 브랜드 Korean
- *brand Frankish
- *brandijan Frankish
- 브랜드 Jeju