branc
Old French
noun
Definitions
- blade of a sword
Etymology
Derived from Latin *brandus derived from Frankish *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) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenu- (burn, spew forth, brew, bubble forth, fire).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰrenu-
Gloss
burn, spew forth, brew, bubble forth, fire
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
火
Emoji
🔥
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Brenda English
- brant English
- *brandiō Latin
- *brandus Latin
- Brandulfi Latin
- Brand German
- *bʰrenu- Proto-Indo-European
- brann Norwegian Bokmål
- *brandaz Proto-Germanic
- *bruniz Proto-Germanic
- brann Norwegian Nynorsk
- brand Old English
- brand Middle English
- brandgás Old Norse
- brandr Old Norse
- brandon Old French
- bransler Old French
- brant Old French
- Hadubrant Old High German
- brant Old High German
- Brand Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *brand gmw-pro
- *brand Old Dutch
- brander Old Swedish
- *brand Frankish
- *brandijan Frankish
- brand Old Occitan
- brandar Old Occitan
- brand Old Danish