An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/bringen

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
bringen
Friedrich Kluge2506490An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B — bringen1891John Francis Davis

bringen, vb., ‘to bring, accompany,’ from the equiv. MidHG. bringen, OHG. bringan; comp. OSax. brengian, Du. brengen AS. bringan, E. to bring, Goth. briggan, bringan, ‘to bring.’ The Aryan form of this specially Teut. word, which is wanting only in OIc., would be bhrengh (bhrenk?); no cognates are recorded.