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Proto-Germanic: *branda-z
Meaning: beam, board
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Old Norse: brand-r m. `Brett; Schwertklinge, Schwert (poet.)'
Swedish: brand `Balken'
Danish: brand `Balken'
Old English: brand, -es m. `blade, sword'
Old High German: brant `Balken'
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *bhrent-, -d-
Meaning: fore part, fore beam
Tokharian: A pratsak, B pratsāk 'Brust'
Slavic: *ā=brę̄dъ (Pol jabrząd 'Zweig des Weinstockes', Czech jabřadek, -dka 'dass.')
Baltic: *bran̂d-a- c., *bron̂d-in-ja- (2?) c.
Germanic: *brand-a- m.
Latin: frōns, frontis m. `Stirn, Stirn-, Vorderseite, Front, Breitseite'
Celtic: Ir braine `Schiffsvorderteil, Kante, Gefässrand', brainech `proreta', Corn brenniat `proreta'
Russ. meaning: балка
References: WP II 162 f
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Proto-Baltic: *bran̂d-a- c., *bron̂d-in-ja- (2?) c.
Meaning: ridge of a roof
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
Lettish: bruôds, bruôdenis `kleine dreieckige Öffnung an jedem der beiden Dachfirst-Enden über dem Giebeldache; Rücken, First des Daches'
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 293
Root: bhren-
English meaning: to stick out; edge
German meaning: `hervorstehen; Kante u. dgl.'
General comments: wie bher- ds.
Material: Ir. braine `Schiffsvorderteil; Führer; Kante, Rand', corn. brenniat ds.

    Mit Formans t: lat. frōns, -tis m., jünger f. `Stirn'; aisl. brandr `acroteria navium et domuum' (*bhron-tó-); in der weiteren Bed. `Stock, Brett; Schwert' dagegen wohl aus *bhrondho- zu bherdh- `schneiden'.

    Mit Formans d: ags. brant, aisl. brattr `hoch, steil' (*bhrondos), lett. bruôdin̨š `Dachfirst'.

    bhren-q-: germ. *branha- in aschwed. brā-, nschwed. brå- `steil' in ON; aisl. bringa `Brust, Brustkorb, Brustbein bei Vögeln', nisl. bringr `kleiner Hügel'; lit. brankà `das Anschwellen', brankšóti, branksó́ti `starr hervorragen (von Knochen, Latten)'; ablaut. brìnkstu, brìnkti `schwellen'; slav. *bręknǫ, *bręknǫti in russ. nabrjáknutь `anschwellen' usw.

    bhren-g- vielleicht in aisl. brekka (*brinkōn) `steiler Hügel', älter dän. brink, brank `steil', mengl. nengl. brink `Rand, Kante, Ufer', mnd. brink `Rand eines Ackers, Ackerrain, Anger', mndl. brinc, nndl. brink `Rand, Grasrand, Grasfeld'.

References: WP. II 203 f., WH. I 551, Trautmann 36.
Pages: 167
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