Where does “brindled” come from?
Brindled comes from Middle English brend, from Old French bren, from Gaulish brennos, from Proto-Celtic bragnos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰreHg-.
brindled (English): of a brownish, tawny or gray colour, with streaks...
Definitions
- of a brownish, tawny or gray colour, with streaks...
Ancestry of “brindled”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | brinded | Especially of the fur or skin of animals: having... |
| 2 | Middle English | brend | burnt, branded |
| 3 | Middle English | bren | bran |
| 4 | Middle English | brennen | to burn |
| 5 | Old Norse | brenna | to burn with a flame; to be consumed by fire;... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | brannijaną | to cause to burn, to set on fire |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |