Where does “brat” come from?

brat (Middle English) comes from Old English bratt, from Old Irish bratt, from Proto-Celtic brattos — cloak, mantle.

brat (Middle English): a coarse cloak

Definitions

  1. a coarse cloak

Ancestry of “brat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbrattcloak
2Old Irishbrattcloak; cloth
3Proto-Celticbrattoscloak, mantle

Words derived from “brat”

Every word from Proto-Celtic brattos →Every word from Old Irish bratt →Every word from Old English bratt →