Where does brothren come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

brothren

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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"You know, brothren, you wern't willin' for me to go out preachin', but I felt it right here [and he laid his hand on his forehead], and here I felt it too [his hand was then applied to the region of the heart]."

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

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