Where does “brin” come from?

brin (French) comes from Proto-Celtic brinikā, from Proto-Celtic brinos — filament, fiber.

brin (French): blade; sprig, twig; wisp, strand

Definitions

  1. blade; sprig, twig; wisp, strand

Ancestry of “brin”, step by step

brin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Celtic brinikā

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticbrinikā—
2Proto-Celticbrinosfilament, fiber

via Spanish brizna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishbriznablade; little bit, grain

Words derived from “brin”

Every word from Proto-Celtic brinos →Every word from Proto-Celtic brinikā →