brither

Scots

Alternative forms

breeder
breethir
bridder (Shetland)
bruther

Etymology

From Middle English brother, from Old English brōþor, from Proto-Germanic *brōþēr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈbrɪðər]
(Mid Northern Scots, Shetlandic) IPA^(key): [ˈbridər]

Noun

brither (plural brithers or brether or breither)

brother

Derived terms

guid-brither (“brother-in-law”)
mither-brither (“maternal uncle”)
brither-bairn
brither-dochter

Further reading

“brither” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
"brother" in The Orkney Dictionary, 1996, by Margaret Flaws and Gregor Lamb

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