Etymology · Proto-Germanic
*brandaz
3 English words descend from Proto-Germanic *brandaz, most common first.
- brandA mark or scar made by burning with a hot iron, especially to mark cattle or to classify the contents of a cask.
- brantAny of several wild geese, of the genus Branta, that breed in the Arctic, but especially the brent goose, Branta bernicla.
- brandishTo move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating anger, threat or skill.