Where does “bratsj” come from?
bratsj (Faroese) comes from Danish bratsch, from German Bratsche, from German Bratschgeige, from Italian viola da braccio, from Latin bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων, from Ancient Greek βραχύς, from Proto-Indo-European mréǵʰus — short.
bratsj (Faroese): viola
Ancestry of “bratsj”, step by step