Etymograph

English

brindisi

Brindisi comes from Italian brindisi ‘toast, salute’, from German bringen ‘to bring, to fetch, to take, to convey, to bear’, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bringaną.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*bringaną‘to bring’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*bringan‘to bring’reconstructed
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050bringan‘to bring’
  4. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350bringen‘to bring’
  5. Germanc. 1650–presentsame form‘to bring, to fetch, to take, to convey, to bear’
  6. German, derivedc. 1650–presentbring dir'sliterally ‘I bring it to you’
  7. Italianc. 1300–presentbrindisi‘toast, salute’
  8. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*bringaną‘to bring’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*bringan‘to bring’reconstructed
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050bringan‘to bring’
  4. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350bringen‘to bring’
  5. Germanc. 1650–presentsame form‘to bring, to fetch, to take, to convey, to bear’
  6. German, derivedc. 1650–presentbring dir'sliterally ‘I bring it to you’
  7. Italianc. 1300–presentbrindisi‘toast, salute’
  8. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-West Germanic *bringan ‘to bring’

bring, 2 more

Today it means

noun A drinking song in which each person is toasted.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *bringaną / brindisi

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