The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bʰres-“to burst, crack”
- Proto-Germanic · derived from*brasō
- Proto-West Germanic · derived from*brasa
- Vulgar Latin · derived from*brasica
- French · derived frombrasque
- English todaybrasque
From French brasque, from Vulgar Latin *brasica, from Proto-West Germanic *brasa, from Proto-Germanic *brasō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (“to burst, crack”); Related to Proto-Germanic *brestaną. Or, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to seethe, boil”).
Words from the same roots
Proto-Germanic*brasō all →
brazilbrazierbraise
Proto-Indo-European*bʰres- all →
burstbraise
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.