Where does “brainche” come from?

brainche (Champenois) comes from Old French branche, from Late Latin branca, from Gaulish vranca, from Proto-Indo-European wrónkeh₂.

brainche (Champenois): branch (of tree)

Definitions

  1. branch (of tree)

Ancestry of “brainche”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbranchebranch
2Late Latinbrancafootprint, paw; footprint”, later also “paw, claw
3Gaulishvranca—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwrónkeh₂—

Words derived from “brainche”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wrónkeh₂ →Every word from Gaulish vranca →Every word from Late Latin branca →