brawn

brawn · noun, verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bʰreh₁-“to burn, heat”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*brēdô“meat, roast”
3. Frankish · derived from*brādon
4. Old French · derived frombraon“slice of meat, fleshy part, buttock”
5. Middle English · inherited frombrawne
6. English todaybrawn

From Middle English brawne, from Old French braon (“slice of meat, fleshy part, buttock”), from Frankish *brādon, *brādan, oblique forms of *brādō (“roasted meat, ham”), from Proto-Germanic *brēdô (“meat, roast”), of uncertain further origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁- (“to burn, heat”). Akin to Old High German brāto (“tender meat”) (German Braten (“roast”)), Old English brǣde, brǣd (“flesh, meat”), Old Norse bráð (“raw meat”).

Brawn · proper noun²

* As an English surname, probably a variant of Brand. * As a German surname, possibly altered from Braun.

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