brabant
Middle Dutch
Etymology
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
brâbant ?
- Brabant (a duchy)
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: Brabant
References
- Belgian Laces, Volumes 15-19, p. 58
- Olivier van Renswoude (2016): Brabant en andere banten
Further reading
- “brabant”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000