An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Brausche

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

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2519346An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B — BrauscheJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Brausche, feminine, ‘bump, bruise,’ from Middle High German brûsche, ‘a swelling with blood underneath’; to this English brisket and Old Icelandic brjósk, ‘gristle,’ are allied. The stem common to all these must have meant ‘roundish elevation.’