Where does “brisling” come from?

brisling (English) comes from Norwegian brisling, from Low German bretling, from Low German bret, from Middle Low German *brêd, from Old Saxon bred, from Proto-West Germanic braid, from Proto-Germanic braidaz — broad, wide.

brisling (English): A sprat

Definitions

  1. A sprat

Ancestry of “brisling”, step by step

brisling traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian brisling

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegianbrisling—
2Low Germanbretling—
3Low Germanbret—
4Middle Low German*brêd—
5Old Saxonbredbroad, wide
6Proto-West Germanicbraidbroad, wide
7Proto-Germanicbraidazbroad, wide

via Danish brisling

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishbrisling—
Every word from Proto-Germanic braidaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic braid →Every word from Old Saxon bred →