Where does “bran vras” come from?

bran vras (Cornish) comes from Cornish bras, from Welsh bras, from Proto-Celtic brassos, from Proto-Indo-European gʷrod-to-, from Proto-Indo-European gʷred-.

bran vras (Cornish): raven

Definitions

  1. raven

Ancestry of “bran vras”, step by step

bran vras traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cornish bras

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishbrasbig, great
2Welshbraslarge, thick, fat
3Proto-Celticbrassosgreat, violent
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷrod-to-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʷred-—

via Cornish bran

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishbrancrow
2Brythonic*bran—
3Proto-Celticbranoscrow, raven
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwerneh₂-crow
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
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