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brother, pal, friar

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• Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr brother

  • Anatolian

    • Lydian 𐤡𐤭𐤠𐤱𐤭𐤳𐤦𐤳 brafrsis brother, community member
  • Pre-Armenian *rbayr regular *Br → *rB metathesis

    • Old Armenian եղբայր ełbayr brother

      • Armenian եղբայր ełbayr brother
  • Balto-Slavic *brā́ˀtē

    • East Baltic *brote

      • East Baltic *broterė́lis diminutive
      • Lithuanian brólis brother
    • Slavic *bràtrъ

      • East Slavic братъ

        • Russian брат brat brother, pal

          • Russian братва́ bratvá brotherhood, mafia

            • English bratva
        • Ukrainian брат brat brother, friar, pal
      • South Slavic

        • Old Church Slavonic братръ bratrŭ brother
        • Serbo-Croatian бра̏т brȁt brother, pal
      • West Slavic

        • Polish brat
    • West Baltic

      • Old Prussian brāti brother, comrade, community member
  • Celtic *brātīr

    • Brythonic *brọdr

      • Welsh brawd brother, friar
    • Gaulish *bratir

      • Gaulish Bratonos Little-Brother (personal name)
    • Old Irish bráthair brother, cousin, kinsman

      • Irish bráthair monk, friar, community member
      • Old Irish derbráthair full brother, brother german lit. "certain-brother"

        • Irish deartháir brother
  • Germanic *brōþēr

    • East Germanic

      • Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐍉𐌸𐌰𐍂 brōþar brother
      • Crimean Gothic bruder
    • North Germanic

      • Old Norse bróðir brother

        • Danish bror brother
        • Icelandic bróðir brother
    • West Germanic

      • Old English brōþor brother

        • English brother

          • English bro
          • English buddy possibly a baby talk alteration of "brother"
        • Scots brither brother
        • Yola brover brother
      • Frankish

        • Dutch broeder brother (dated), friar, community member, colleague

          • Dutch broer brother
      • Old High German bruoder brother

        • German Bruder brother
        • Yiddish ברודער bruder brother
  • Hellenic *pʰrā́tēr

    • Classical Greek φρᾱ́τηρ phrā́tēr kinsman, community member, citizen

      • Classical Greek φρᾱτρῐ́ᾱ phrātríā brotherhood, clan, association, conspiracy

        • Latin phratria

          • English phratry
  • Indo-Iranian *bʰráHtā

    • Indo-Aryan

      • Sanskrit 𑀪𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀢𑀾 bhrā́tṛ brother, kinsman, paternal cousin, friend

        • Magadhi 𑀪𑀸𑀇 bhāi

          • Bengali ভাই bhai brother
        • Maharashtri 𑀪𑀸𑀉 bhāu

          • Marathi भाऊ bhāū brother
        • Pali 𑀪𑀸𑀢𑀭𑁆 bhātar
        • Sauraseni 𑀪𑀸𑀇 bhāi

          • Madhya Sauraseni

            • Hindi भाई bhāī brother, sir (informal)

              • Hindi भैया bhaiyā brother (esp. elder), sir (to an elder male)
          • Northwestern Sauraseni

            • Kashmiri بوے bōē brother
          • Western Sauraseni

            • Romani

              • Vlax Romani phral stepbrother, fellow, companion
              • Angloromani pal brother, friend

                • English pal
        • Hindi भ्राता bhrātā brother
        • Hindi भ्रातृ bhrātŕ brother
        • Telugu భ్రాత bhrāta brother
    • Iranian *bráHtā

      • Avestan 𐬠𐬭𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭 brātar brother
      • Northern Iranian

        • Scythian *βrā́tā

          • Ossetian ӕрвад ærvad kinsman, relative
      • Pashto ورور wror brother
      • Western Iranian

        • Northwestern Iranian

          • Kurdish bira brother
          • Parthian 𐫁𐫡𐫀𐫅 brʾd brother
      • Old Persian 𐎲𐎼𐎠𐎫𐎠 b-r-a-t-a brother

        • Persian برادر barâdar brother, comrade

          • Bengali বেরাদর beradôr brother, kinsmen, friend
          • Ottoman Turkish برادر birader brother

            • Turkish birader
            • Serbo-Croatian бура̀зер buràzer bro, friend
    • Nuristani

      • Ashkun břā
      • Kamviri břo
  • Italic *frātēr

    • Latin frāter brother, friend, community member, sibling

      • Sardinian frade brother
      • Eastern Romance

        • Dalmatian frutro brother
        • Romanian frate brother
      • Western Romance

        • Old French frere

          • French frère brother, monk
          • English friar
        • Italian frate friar, monk, brother

          • English fra
        • Old Occitan fraire

          • Spanish fraile friar
          • Spanish fray friar
      • English frater
      • Latin frāternālis brotherly, fraternal

        • Old French

          • French fraternel fraternal
          • English fraternal
      • Latin frāternitās brotherhood

        • Western Romance

          • Italian fraternità fraternity, brotherhood
        • Old French

          • French fraternité fraternity, brotherhood
          • English fraternity
        • Spanish fraternidad fraternity, brotherhood
    • Oscan 𐌚𐌓𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌞𐌌 fratrúm of brothers probably gen. pl.
    • Venetic 𐌇𐌅𐌓𐌀𐌕𐌄𐌓𐌄𐌉 fraterei for a brother attested in dat. sg.
  • Mysian βρατεραις braterais for brothers dat. pl.
  • Phrygian βρατερε bratere for a brother dat. sg.
  • Tocharian *procer brother

    • Arshian pracar brother
    • Kushean procer brother

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Collected English words

bratva, brother, bro, buddy, phratry, pal, friar, fra, frater, fraternal, fraternity