Where does “branka” come from?

branka (Maltese) comes from Italian branca, from Late Latin branca, from Gaulish vranca, from Proto-Indo-European wrónkeh₂.

branka (Maltese): category, class

Definitions

  1. category, class

Ancestry of “branka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbrancaclaw; talon; branch
2Late Latinbrancafootprint, paw; footprint”, later also “paw, claw
3Gaulishvranca—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwrónkeh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wrónkeh₂ →