From Middle English brand, from Old English brand ("fire; flame; burning; torch; sword"), from Proto-Germanic *brandaz ("flame; flaming; fire-brand; torch; sword"), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenu- ("to bubble forth; brew; spew forth; burn"). Cognate with Scots brand, West Frisian brân ("fire"), Dutch brand, German Brand, Swedish brand ("blaze, fire"), Icelandic brandur, French brand (< Germanic). Parallel to e.g. Proto-Slavic *gorěti ("to burn") from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenu- ("to bubble forth; brew; spew forth; burn").
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