Where does “brassa” come from?

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

brassa (Cornish): bigger

Definitions

  1. bigger

Ancestry of “brassa”, step by step

brassa 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 a

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1CornishaMarks the following verb to the preceding...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷred-