Where does “bran” come from?

bran (Irish) comes from English bran, from Middle English bran, from Old French bren, from Gaulish brennos, from Proto-Celtic bragnos, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreHg- — to smell, to have a strong odour.

bran (Irish): raven; bream; Clipping of bran

Definitions

  1. raven; bream; Clipping of bran

Ancestry of “bran”, step by step

bran traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English bran

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbranThe broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or...
2Middle EnglishbranThe ground husk of wheat
3Old Frenchbrenbran
4Gaulishbrennosrotten
5Proto-Celticbragnosrotten
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰreHg-to smell, to have a strong odour

via Old Irish bran

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishbranraven
2Primitive Irishᚁᚏᚐᚅᚔ—
3Proto-Celticbranoscrow, raven
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwerneh₂-crow
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

Words derived from “bran”

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