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English word origin

Etymology of Brand

* As an English, Scottish, north German, Dutch, French, and North Germanic surname, from a Germanic personal name derived from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (“sword, firebrand, torch”), as in the second element of Hildebrand.

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Unnumbered source etymology

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name

A surname. · A municipality in Bludenz district, Vorarlberg, Austria. · A municipality in Tirschenreuth district, Bavaria, Germany. · A borough of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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* As an English, Scottish, north German, Dutch, French, and North Germanic surname, from a Germanic personal name derived from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (“sword, firebrand, torch”), as in the second element of Hildebrand. * Also as a German surname, variant of Brandt. * As a Swedish and Danish surname, from brand (“fire”). * As a Jewish surname, from German Brand (“fire”).

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  • Derivation mention*brandazgem-pro · sword, firebrand, torch
  • Cognate mentionBrandde · fire

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