Where does “brotel” come from?

brotel (Middle English) comes from French bretelle, from Old High German brittil — rein, strap.

brotel (Middle English): Brittle

Definitions

  1. Brittle

Ancestry of “brotel”, step by step

brotel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French bretelle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbretellestrap
2Old High Germanbrittilrein, strap

via Old English *brotul

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old English*brotultending to break, easily broken, brittle, fragile
Every word from Old High German brittil →Every word from French bretelle →