Where does “brac” come from?

brac (Old Occitan) comes from Frankish brakko, from Proto-Germanic brak, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- — to smell.

brac (Old Occitan): hound

Definitions

  1. hound

Ancestry of “brac”, step by step

brac traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Frankish brakko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frankishbrakko—
2Proto-Germanicbrakdog that hunts by scent
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂g-to smell

via Germanic *brakko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanic*brakko—

Words derived from “brac”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- →Every word from Proto-Germanic brak →Every word from Frankish brakko →