Where does “brand” come from?
Brand comes from Middle English brand, from Old English brand, from Proto-Germanic brandaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrenu-.
brand (English): A conflagration; a flame; A piece of burning wood...
Definitions
- A conflagration; a flame; A piece of burning wood...
Ancestry of “brand”, step by step
brand traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish brand
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | brand | fire; smut; brand |
| 2 | Old Danish | brand | fire |
| 3 | Old Norse | brandr | brand, firebrand; fire; sword |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | brandaz | fire; flash; flame; burning; flaming; firebrand;... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | brinnaną | to burn, to be on fire |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrewh₁- | to boil; to brew |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰer- | to bear, carry |