The story
- Occitan · derived frombrau“wild”
- Catalan · derived frombrau“brave, fierce”
- French · borrowed fromBrau
- German · borrowed fromBräu
- English todayBrau
Two possible origins: * Borrowed from South German Bräu, an occupational surname from a shortened form of an agent noun denoting a brewer; * Borrowed from Catalan and southern French Brau, a nickname from Catalan brau (“brave, fierce”) or Occitan brau (“wild”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.