Word Origin Summary

*bringaną is attested in Proto-West Germanic. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Descendants and Related Terms

• 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽

  Gothic · inherited from

• bringhouse

  English · derived from

• bring

  English · inherited from

• bring

  Scots · inherited from

• ee-brougkt

  Yola · inherited from

• bringim

  Tok Pisin · derived from

• bringen

  German · inherited from

• bringan

  Old High German · inherited from

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