bro
Danish
/broː/
noun
Definitions
- bridge
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse brú inherited from Proto-Germanic *brūwō (brow, bridge) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruh- (beam, bridge).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰruh-
Gloss
beam, bridge
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
橋
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Avonbridge English
- Bridgegate English
- Bridger English
- Bridgewater English
- Carronbridge English
- Dunbridge English
- Gorebridge English
- Ironbridge English
- Ivybridge English
- Nørrebro English
- Oresund Bridge English
- Redbridge English
- Roybridge English
- Stalybridge English
- Stourbridge English
- Teignbridge English
- Wadebridge English
- Weybridge English
- aerobridge English
- airbridge English
- bridgable English
- bridge English
- bridgeable English
- bridgeboard English
- bridgebuilder English
- bridgebuilding English
- bridgehead English
- bridgekeeper English
- bridgeless English
- bridgelike English
- bridgeline English
- bridgeness English
- bridger English
- bridgetender English
- bridgetree English
- bridgework English
- bridgey English
- crossbridge English
- cyberbridge English
- drawbridge English
- flybridge English
- footbridge English
- forebridge English
- microbridge English
- multibridge English
- nanobridge English
- nonbridge English
- northbridge English
- overbridge English
- rebridge English
- skybridge English
- southbridge English
- telebridge English
- unbridgeable English
- underbridge English
- weighbridge English
- Öresund Bridge English
- Øresund Bridge English
- bridge Finnish
- bridzs Hungarian
- bridge Italian
- bridge Dutch, Flemish
- bridge French
- bridge Spanish, Castilian
- *bʰruh- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃bʰrúHs Proto-Indo-European
- bridge Norwegian Bokmål
- bro Norwegian Bokmål
- bru Norwegian Bokmål
- *brōwō Proto-Germanic
- *brūwō Proto-Germanic
- bro Swedish
- Öresundsbron Swedish
- ブリッジ Japanese
- brydż Polish
- bridge Norwegian Nynorsk
- bru Norwegian Nynorsk
- Øresundbrua Norwegian Nynorsk
- bru Old English
- brū Old English
- brigge Middle English
- brú Old Norse
- brún Old Norse
- Nørrebro Danish
- bridge Danish
- brofast Danish
- fast Danish
- hænge Danish
- hængebro Danish
- jernbane Danish
- jernbanebro Danish
- nørre Danish
- Øresund Danish
- Øresundsbroen Danish
- bridž Czech
- briĝo Esperanto
- bridž Serbo-Croatian
- bridds Icelandic
- brú Icelandic
- บริดจ์ Thai
- 橋接 Chinese
- 브리지 Korean
- brigge Old Frisian
- bris Tok Pisin
- Bruun Low German
- Bröch North Frisian