Where does “branche” come from?

branche (Middle English) comes from Old French branche, from Late Latin branca, from Gaulish vranca, from Proto-Indo-European wrónkeh₂.

Ancestry of “branche”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbranchebranch
2Late Latinbrancafootprint, paw; footprint”, later also “paw, claw
3Gaulishvranca—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwrónkeh₂—

Words derived from “branche”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wrónkeh₂ →