Where does “brosa” come from?

brosa (Galician) comes from Old French brosse, from Proto-Germanic bruskaz, from Proto-Indo-European bhreus- — to swell, sprout.

brosa (Galician): hatchet

Definitions

  1. hatchet

Ancestry of “brosa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbrossebrush, undergrowth
2Proto-Germanicbruskaztuft, underbrush; underbrush; brush, undergrowth
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbhreus-to swell, sprout
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bhreus- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bruskaz →Every word from Old French brosse →