Where does “braire” come from?

braire (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...

braire (Old French): to bray; to cry out; to shout out

Definitions

  1. to bray; to cry out; to shout out

Ancestry of “braire”, 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 “braire

Every word from Proto-Brythonic -oβ̃Every word from Welsh -uEvery word from Gaulish bragu
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