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 ?

  1. Brabant (a duchy)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • Dutch: Brabant

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

Further reading
  • “brabant”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
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