Where does “brat” come from?

brat (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish bratt, from Proto-Celtic brattos — cloak, mantle.

brat (Scottish Gaelic): cloak, cover, covering, mantle, veil, canopy; mat

Definitions

  1. cloak, cover, covering, mantle, veil, canopy; mat

Ancestry of “brat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishbrattcloak; cloth
2Proto-Celticbrattoscloak, mantle

Words derived from “brat”

Every word from Proto-Celtic brattos →Every word from Old Irish bratt →