Where does “bras” come from?

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

bras (Cornish): big, great

Definitions

  1. big, great

Ancestry of “bras”, step by step

bras traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Welsh bras

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

via Middle Cornish bras

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Cornishbras—

Words derived from “bras”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷred- →