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Help[Surname] Re: the surname BRAGG
in reply to a message by Anon.
Are you sure? Here's what I found on the McBain Gaelic Dictionary:
brag
(Lewis), a sudden creeking noise, Norse brak.
bragaireachd
vain boasting, Irish bragáireachd, from bragaire, boaster; from the English brag.
bragh
an explosion, peal, Old Irish braigim, pedo; Latin fragor, crash, fragare, English fragrant. See bram.
bràghad
neck, throat, Irish bráighid, Old Irish bráge, g. brágat, Welsh breuant, Old Breton brehant, *brâgn@.t-; English craw, German kragen, collar, Middle High German krage, neck; Greek @Gbróghos, windpipe, English bronchitis. Bezzenberger (Stokes' Dict.), refers it ot the root of Norse barki, weazand, Greek @Gfárugx, English pharynx. bràghad is really the gen. of bràighe.
bragsaidh
braxy; from Scottish, English braxy.
They all sort of look like they might have a Germanic origin ...just wondering what your sources are?
brag
(Lewis), a sudden creeking noise, Norse brak.
bragaireachd
vain boasting, Irish bragáireachd, from bragaire, boaster; from the English brag.
bragh
an explosion, peal, Old Irish braigim, pedo; Latin fragor, crash, fragare, English fragrant. See bram.
bràghad
neck, throat, Irish bráighid, Old Irish bráge, g. brágat, Welsh breuant, Old Breton brehant, *brâgn@.t-; English craw, German kragen, collar, Middle High German krage, neck; Greek @Gbróghos, windpipe, English bronchitis. Bezzenberger (Stokes' Dict.), refers it ot the root of Norse barki, weazand, Greek @Gfárugx, English pharynx. bràghad is really the gen. of bràighe.
bragsaidh
braxy; from Scottish, English braxy.
They all sort of look like they might have a Germanic origin ...just wondering what your sources are?
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