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)

fire, firebrand
flaming sword, sword

Declension

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

Derived terms

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

Descendants

Old Catalan: bran, brand
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
- ⇒ Old Occitan: brandar
  - Occitan: brandar
  - Catalan: brandar
⇒? Vulgar Latin: *brandiārium
- Piedmontese: brandé
⇒ Vulgar Latin: *brandiō
- Old French: brandir
  - Middle French: brandir
    - French: brandir
  - → Middle English: braundischen, braundishen
    - English: brandish
  - → Spanish: blandir
  - → Portuguese: brandir
- Italian: brandire
- Old Occitan: brandir
  - Occitan: brandir
  - Catalan: brandir