branca
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin branca, possibly of Gaulish or other pre-Roman origin. Compare Occitan branca.
Further reading
- “branca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “branca” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Italian
Etymology
From Late Latin branca.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbran.ka/
- Rhymes: -anka
- Hyphenation: bràn‧ca
Noun
branca f (plural branche)
Descendants
- → Ottoman Turkish: پرانقه (pranka), پرانغه (pranga)
- Turkish: pranga
- → Albanian: pranga
- → Armenian: փըռանկա (pʻəṙanka) — Constantinople
Further reading
- branca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Etymology
Perhaps of Celtic origin, from a hypothetical Gaulish *vranca, from Proto-Indo-European *wrónk-eh₂ (from which Proto-Balto-Slavic *ránkāˀ (“hand, arm”)). Possibly influenced by bracchium (“forearm; arm; limb of an animal (e.g. claw, tentacle); branch (of a tree)”).
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | branca | brancae |
Genitive | brancae | brancārum |
Dative | brancae | brancīs |
Accusative | brancam | brancās |
Ablative | brancā | brancīs |
Vocative | branca | brancae |
Descendants
References
- branca in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Occitan
Etymology
From Late Latin branca. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Alternative forms
- brancha (Limousin)
Portuguese
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