bru
Old English
noun
Definitions
- an eyelash
- an eyebrow
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *brūwō (brow, bridge) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs (brow, eyebrow).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₃bʰrúHs
Gloss
brow, eyebrow
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
眉
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *bʰrendos Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰruh- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃bʰrúHs Proto-Indo-European
- *brēwō Proto-Germanic
- *brūwō Proto-Germanic
- brū Old English
- brú Old Norse
- brún Old Norse
- *bry Proto-Slavic
- *HbʰrúHs Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *HbʰrúHs Proto-Indo-Aryan
- Bruun Low German
- *brū́ˀs Proto-Balto-Slavic
- pärwāne Tocharian B
- *opʰrū́s Proto-Hellenic
- pärwāṃ Tocharian A