Where does “brav” come from?
brav (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Low German brav, from French brave, from Italian bravo, from Vulgar Latin bravus, from Latin barbarus, from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος, from Proto-Indo-European balb-.
brav (Norwegian Bokmål): brave; good
Ancestry of “brav”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Low German | brav | — |
| 2 | French | brave | brave; honest; hero |
| 3 | Italian | bravo | good, well-behaved; good, skilful, capable,... |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | bravus | — |
| 5 | Latin | barbarus | foreign; savage; uncivilized |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | βάρβαρος | non-Greek-speaking, foreign; barbaric, brutal,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | balb- | — |