Where does “brasso” come from?

brasso (Istriot) comes from Latin bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων, from Ancient Greek βραχύς, from Proto-Indo-European mréǵʰus, from Proto-Indo-European mreǵʰ- — short.

brasso (Istriot): arm

Definitions

  1. arm

Ancestry of “brasso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbracchiumforearm; arm; limb of an animal
2Ancient Greekβραχίωνthe arm, the shoulder; comparative degree of...
3Ancient Greekβραχύςshort, brief; short, small, little; few
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmréǵʰusshort; brief
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmreǵʰ-short

Words derived from “brasso”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mreǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mréǵʰus →Every word from Ancient Greek βραχύς →