braise

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bʰres-“to crack, break, burst”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*brasō“gleed, crackling coal”
3. Gothic · derived from*𐌱𐍂𐌰𐍃𐌰“glowing coal”
4. Old French · derived frombrese“embers”
5. French · borrowed frombraise“live coals”
6. English todaybraise

From French braise (“live coals”) and braiser (“to braise”, from the noun), from Old French brese (“embers”), from Old Low Franconian/Old Dutch; akin to Norwegian/Swedish braseld (“sparkling fire”), Norwegian/Swedish dialectal brasa (“to roast”), Danish dialectal brase (“to flambé, enflame”). Perhaps from Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌰𐍃𐌰 (*brasa, “glowing coal”), from Proto-Germanic *brasō (“gleed, crackling coal”), Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (“to crack, break, burst”). Cognate with Icelandic brasa (“to harden by fire”). See burst.

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