Reconstruction:Latin/brasa

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

Uncertain. Perhaps from a pre-latin substrate or from Proto-West Germanic *brasā, root related to *brewwaną (“to boil, seethe, brew”).[1] However, compare Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (“to crack, break, burst”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbrasa/

Noun

*brasa f (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

  1. ember

Declension

singular plural
nominative */ˈbrasa/ */ˈbrasas/
oblique */ˈbrasa/ */ˈbrasas/

Derived terms

  • *brasea:
    • Italian: brace, brage, bracia, bragia
    • Walloon: brèje
  • *brasica

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
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