brabant

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Middle Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Dutch *brākbant (attested in Medieval Latin as pāgus brācbatensis, Bracbantum, Bracbantia), from Frankish, a compound of Proto-Germanic *brēk-, *brekaną (fallow, originally 'to break') + *bant-, *bantō, *banti (district, region), which could be from Proto-Indo-European *bʰonHdeₕ₂-, *bʰonHdos- (useful, beneficial, good), from *bʰHdús-.[1]

Compare modern Dutch braak (fallow) and Lithuanian bandà (herd, flock).

Noun[edit]

brâbant ?

  1. Brabant (a duchy)

Inflection[edit]

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants[edit]

  • Dutch: Brabant

References[edit]

  • Belgian Laces, Volumes 15-19, p. 58
  1. ^ Olivier van Renswoude (2016): Brabant en andere banten

Further reading[edit]

  • brabant”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000