Old English bræs

← Proto-Germanic *brasnaz (derived)

← Proto-Germanic *brasō (derived)

← Old Frisian bress (cognate)

→ English brass (inherited)

→ Old English bresen (suffix)

→ Welsh pres (borrowed)

→ Middle English bras (inherited)

→ Middle English pràis (inherited(enm/gd))

→ Ancient Greek βίρρη (cognate)