Where does β€œbraise” come from?

braise (French) comes from Middle French bresze, from Old French breze, from Gothic πŒ±π‚πŒ°πƒπŒ°, from Proto-Germanic brasō, from Proto-Indo-European bΚ°res‑ β€” to burst; break; crack; crackle.

braise (French): embers; cash, dough

Definitions

  1. embers; cash, dough

Ancestry of β€œbraise”, step by step

braise traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French bresze

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchbreszeβ€”
2Old Frenchbrezeember, burning coal, gleed
3GothicπŒ±π‚πŒ°πƒπŒ°glowing coal
4Proto-Germanicbrasōgleed, crackling coal; fire, pyre
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanbΚ°res‑to burst; break; crack; crackle

via Old French brese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbreseglowing charcoal; embers

Words derived from β€œbraise”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bΚ°res‑ β†’Every word from Proto-Germanic brasō β†’Every word from Gothic πŒ±π‚πŒ°πƒπŒ° β†’