Where does “brach” come from?
brach (German) comes from German brachliegen, from German liegen, from Middle High German ligen, from Old High German ligen, from Old High German liggen, from Proto-West Germanic liggjan, from Proto-Germanic ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- — to lie.
brach (German): fallow; first/third-person singular preterite of...
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- fallow; first/third-person singular preterite of...
Ancestry of “brach”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | brachliegen | to be fallow, empty, unused |
| 2 | German | liegen | to lie; to be, to lie somewhere; to be located,... |
| 3 | Middle High German | ligen | to lie, to be in a horizontal position |
| 4 | Old High German | ligen | — |
| 5 | Old High German | liggen | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | liggjan | to lie, to rest |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | ligjaną | to lie, to rest |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | legʰ- | to lie |