Where does “gun-brig” come from?

gun-brig (English) comes from English brig, from English brigantine, from Italian brigantino, from Italian brigante, from Italian -ante, from Latin -āns, from Latin -ns, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts — sound, voice.

gun-brig (English): A small two-masted vessel during the Age of Sail,...

Definitions

  1. A small two-masted vessel during the Age of Sail,...

Ancestry of “gun-brig”, step by step

gun-brig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English brig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbrigA two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both...
2Englishbrigantinea two-masted vessel, square-rigged on the...
3Italianbrigantinobrig, brigantine
4Italianbrigantebrigand, bandit; rascal; present participle of...
5Italian-anteUsed with a stem to form the present participle...
6Latin-ānsEnding of the present active participle of first conjugation verbs; see -ns
7Latin-ns-ing; ending of the present active participle
8Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
9Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
10Hungarianönyou
11Hungarianön-self-
12Turkishönfront
13Ottoman Turkishاوكvoice (of human or animal); sound
14Proto-Turkicǖnsound, voice

via English gun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgunA device for projecting a hard object very...
2Middle EnglishgunneA trebuchet or similar kind of pellet-firing...
3Old NorseGunnhildr
4Old NorseGunnrbattle, war
5Old Norseguðrbattle, war
6Proto-Germanicgunþizbattle
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰéntisstriking, killing
8Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰen-to strike, slay, kill
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰon-
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