Etymology

bring

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Today it means: To transport toward somebody/somewhere. Full definition →

Middle English bryngen ← Old English bringan ← Proto-West Germanic *bringan
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bring · verb1

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bʰrenk-
  2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*bringaną“to bring”
  3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*bringan
  4. Old English · inherited frombringan
  5. Middle English · inherited frombryngen
  6. English todaybring

From Middle English bryngen, from Old English bringan, from Proto-West Germanic *bringan, from Proto-Germanic *bringaną (“to bring”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenk-, possibly based on *bʰer-. Compare Scots bring, West Frisian bringe, Low German brengen, Dutch brengen, Afrikaans bring, German bringen; also Welsh hebrwng (“to bring, lead”), Tocharian B pränk- (“to take away; restrain oneself, hold back”), Latvian brankti (“lying close”), Lithuanian branktas (“whiffletree”).

bring · interjection2

Onomatopoeia.

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