Where does “brawly” come from?
brawly (English) comes from English brawl, from French branler, from Middle French bransler, from Old French bransler, from Old French brandeler, from Old French brand, from Vulgar Latin brandus, from Frankish brand — to bear, carry.
brawly (English): Having or characterised by brawls
Definitions
- Having or characterised by brawls
Ancestry of “brawly”, step by step
brawly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English brawl
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | brawl | A disorderly argument or fight, usually with a... |
| 2 | French | branler | to shake; to touch; to do |
| 3 | Middle French | bransler | to shake |
| 4 | Old French | bransler | to shake , move |
| 5 | Old French | brandeler | to shake, wave; to agitate |
| 6 | Old French | brand | — |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | brandus | firebrand, flaming sword, sword; firebrand;... |
| 8 | Frankish | brand | sword; burnt log; brand; cinder; firebrand,... |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | brandaz | fire; flash; flame; burning; flaming; firebrand;... |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | brinnaną | to burn, to be on fire |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrewh₁- | to boil; to brew |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰer- | to bear, carry |
via English Y
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 2 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 3 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 4 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 5 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 6 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 7 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 8 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 9 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |