prate

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bred-“to wander, rove”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*prattuz“idle or boastful talk, deceit”
3. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*prattu
4. Old Saxon · derived from*pratt
5. Middle Low German · derived frompraten
6. Old English · inherited fromprætt
7. Middle English · inherited frompraten
8. English todayprate

From Middle English praten; either inherited from Old English prætt or borrowed via Middle Dutch or Middle Low German praten (from Old Saxon *pratt), all from Proto-West Germanic *prattu, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *prattuz (“idle or boastful talk, deceit”), from Proto-Indo-European *bred- (“to wander, rove”). Related to Dutch praten (“to talk, chat”), Low German praten, dated German pfrassen, Danish prate, Swedish prata (“to talk, prate”), Faroese práta (“to talk, gossip”), Icelandic prata;; also cognate with Polish bredzić (“to rave, jabber”), Latvian bradāt (“to talk nonsense”).

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