Where does “branche” come from?

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

branche (Danish): sector, a specific trade or industry, a line of work

Definitions

  1. sector, a specific trade or industry, a line of work

Ancestry of “branche”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbranchebranch; first-person singular present indicative...
2Old Frenchbranchebranch
3Late Latinbrancafootprint, paw; footprint”, later also “paw, claw
4Gaulishvranca—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwrónkeh₂—

Words derived from “branche”

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