Where does “brai” come from?

brai (Old French) comes from Vulgar Latin bragio, from Gaulish bragu, from Welsh -u, from Middle Welsh -u, from Proto-Brythonic -oβ̃ — Forms verbal nouns, originally from thematic...

Ancestry of “brai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar LatinbragioI bray, make animal noises; I cry, weep
2Gaulishbragu—
3Welsh-uimpression, imprint
4Middle Welsh-u—
5Proto-Brythonic-oβ̃Forms verbal nouns, originally from thematic...

Words derived from “brai”

Every word from Proto-Brythonic -oβ̃ →Every word from Welsh -u →Every word from Gaulish bragu →