Where does “bracciu” come from?

bracciu (Corsican) comes from Latin bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων, from Ancient Greek βραχύς, from Proto-Indo-European mréǵʰus, from Proto-Indo-European mreǵʰ- — short.

bracciu (Corsican): arm; lever arm; A unit of measure equal to four...

Definitions

  1. arm; lever arm; A unit of measure equal to four...

Ancestry of “bracciu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbracchiumforearm; arm; limb of an animal
2Ancient Greekβραχίωνthe arm, the shoulder; comparative degree of...
3Ancient Greekβραχύςshort, brief; short, small, little; few
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmréǵʰusshort; brief
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmreǵʰ-short
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mreǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mréǵʰus →Every word from Ancient Greek βραχύς →