Reconstruction:Latin/brandus

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *brand (“fire, firebrand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrandos/

Noun

*brandus m (oblique *brandum); second declension (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

1. fire, firebrand
2. flaming sword, sword

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	*/ˈbrandos/	*/ˈbrandi/
oblique	*/ˈbrandu/	*/ˈbrandos/

Derived terms

• Medieval Latin: brandō (possibly from Frankish variant *brandō)

Descendants

• Old French: branc, brant, brand, brank
  • Middle French: brand
    • French: brand (archaic)
  • ⇒ Old French: brandeler
    • Middle French: bransler
      • French: branler
    • Walloon: branler
• Italian: brando
• Old Occitan: brand
  • Occitan: bran
  • Catalan: bran, brand
  • ⇒ Old Occitan: brandar
    • Occitan: brandar
    • Catalan: brandar
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *brandiō
  • Old French: brandir
    • Middle French: brandir
      • French: brandir
    • → Middle English: braundischen, braundishen
      • English: brandish
  • Spanish: blandir
  • Italian: brandire
  • Portuguese: brandir
  • Old Occitan: brandir
    • Occitan: brandir
    • Catalan: brandir