bratt

== Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Old West Norse brattr, from Proto-Germanic *brantaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewsóm., of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰren- (“project”), related to Old English brant (“steep”), Latvian bruôds (“roof ridge”). Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic brattur, Danish brat, Swedish brant, and Old English brant, bront (English brant, brent, Scots brent). === Adjective === bratt (neuter singular bratt, definite singular and plural bratte, comparative brattere, indefinite superlative brattest, definite superlative bratteste) steep === Adverb === bratt steeply === References === “bratt” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Old West Norse brattr, of uncertain origin, but possibly ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰren- (“project”). Related to Old English brant (“steep”) and Latvian bruôds (“roof ridge”). Cognates include Faroese and Icelandic brattur, Danish brat, Swedish brant, and Old English brant, bront (English brant, brent, Scots brent). === Adjective === bratt (indefinite singular bratt, definite singular and plural bratte, comparative brattare, indefinite superlative brattast, definite superlative brattaste) steep tall (of a person) === Adverb === bratt steeply ==== Derived terms ==== brattleik m hoggbratt === References === “bratt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. Pokorny, Julius, Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, Tübingen: A. Francke Verlag, 1959. == Old English == === Etymology === From Old Irish bratt, from Proto-Celtic *brattos === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /brɑtt/, [brɑt] === Noun === bratt m cloak ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: bratEnglish: brat→ Middle Welsh: brat (or directly from Old Irish)Welsh: brat === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “bratt”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press. == Old Irish == === Etymology === From Proto-Celtic *brattos. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɾat̪/ === Noun === bratt m (genitive braitt, nominative plural braitt) cloak Synonym: tí cloth ==== Inflection ==== ==== Derived terms ==== lámbrat (“handkerchief”) ==== Descendants ==== Irish: brat Manx: brat Scottish Gaelic: brat → Middle Welsh: brat (or via Middle English) Welsh: brat → Old English: brattMiddle English: bratEnglish: brat→ Middle Welsh: brat (or directly from Old Irish)Welsh: brat === Mutation === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bratt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language