bratt

From Old West Norse brattr, from Proto-Germanic *brantaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewsóm., of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰren- (“project”), related to Old English brant (“steep”), Latvian bruôds (“roof ridge”).

Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic brattur, Danish brat, Swedish brant, and Old English brant, bront (English brant, brent, Scots brent).

bratt (neuter singular bratt, definite singular and plural bratte, comparative brattere, indefinite superlative brattest, definite superlative bratteste)

1. steep

bratt

1. steeply

• “bratt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old West Norse brattr, of uncertain origin, but possibly ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰren- (“project”). Related to Old English brant (“steep”) and Latvian bruôds (“roof ridge”). Cognates include Faroese and Icelandic brattur, Danish brat, Swedish brant, and Old English brant, bront (English brant, brent, Scots brent).

bratt (indefinite singular bratt, definite singular and plural bratte, comparative brattare, indefinite superlative brattast, definite superlative brattaste)

1. steep
2. tall (of a person)

bratt

1. steeply

• brattleik m
• hoggbratt

• “bratt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• Pokorny, Julius, Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, Tübingen: A. Francke Verlag, 1959.

From Old Irish bratt, from Proto-Celtic *brattos

• IPA^(key): /brɑtt/, [brɑt]

bratt m

1. cloak

• Middle English: brat
  • English: brat
  • → Middle Welsh: brat (or directly from Old Irish)
    • Welsh: brat

• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “bratt”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

From Proto-Celtic *brattos.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrat/

bratt m (genitive braitt, nominative plural braitt)

1. cloak

   Synonym: tí

2. cloth

• lámbrat (“handkerchief”)

• Irish: brat
• Manx: brat
• Scottish Gaelic: brat
• → Middle Welsh: brat (or via Middle English)
  • Welsh: brat
• → Old English: bratt
  • Middle English: brat
    • English: brat
    • → Middle Welsh: brat (or directly from Old Irish)
      • Welsh: brat

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bratt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language