Where does “fearnbraca” come from?

fearnbraca (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic brekaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- — to shine, shimmer.

fearnbraca (Old English): thickets of fern

Definitions

  1. thickets of fern

Ancestry of “fearnbraca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbrekanąto break
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic brekaną →