N. brass n. “white heat, *extreme heat” (Category: Hot, Warm)

N. brass, n. “white heat, *extreme heat” (Category: Hot, Warm)

Reference ✧ Ety/BARAS ✧ “white heat”

Related

• S. brass “great cliff” is a homonym of brass “white heat, *extreme heat”

Element In

• N. brassen “white-hot, *very hot” ✧ Ety/BARAS

Derivations

• < ON. brasse “white heat” ✧ Ety/BARAS
  • < ᴹ✶b’rássē “heat” ✧ Ety/BARAS (b’rás-sē)
    • < ᴹ√BARAS “*heat” ✧ Ety/BARAS

Phonetic Developments

ON. brasse > brass

[brasse] > [brass]

✧ Ety/BARAS