Where does brothern come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

brothern

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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"But, my dear brothern an' sistern, they hain't no water down thar— it's a awful thing to think they hain't, but they hain't, b'caze the Bible says they hain't."

From Middle English brotheren, brothren, equivalent to brother + -en; or alternatively as a variant of brethren.

brothren (alternative)

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