brae
English
/bɹeɪ/, /bɹeɪ/
noun
Definitions
- (Northern England) The sloping bank of a river valley.
- (Northern England) Any hillside or slope.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English bro derived from Old Norse brá (eyebrow, eyelash) derived from Proto-Germanic *brēwō (eyebrow) 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
- brow English
- Augenbraue German
- Braue German
- Monobraue German
- Wimper German
- *bʰrendos Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃bʰrúHs Proto-Indo-European
- *brēwō Proto-Germanic
- *brūwō Proto-Germanic
- bræw Old English
- brēġ Old English
- bro Middle English
- augabrá Old Norse
- brá Old Norse
- *bry Proto-Slavic
- brāwa Old High German
- auper Middle High German
- brā Middle High German
- *wintbrāwa Old Dutch
- *HbʰrúHs Proto-Indo-Iranian
- brawa Old Saxon
- *HbʰrúHs Proto-Indo-Aryan
- *brū́ˀs Proto-Balto-Slavic
- pärwāne Tocharian B
- *opʰrū́s Proto-Hellenic
- pärwāṃ Tocharian A