Where does “brigaunt” come from?

brigaunt (Middle English) comes from Old French brigand, from Italian briga, from Proto-Germanic brekaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- — to shine, shimmer.

Ancestry of “brigaunt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbrigandfoot soldier
2Italianbrigatrouble, bother; third-person singular present...
3Proto-Germanicbrekanąto break
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer

Words derived from “brigaunt”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic brekaną →Every word from Italian briga →
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