brun
Old French
/bryn/
adj
Definitions
- brown
Etymology
Derived from Frankish *brūn (dark, brown, shiny) derived from Proto-Germanic *brūnaz (brown, grey).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*brūnaz
Gloss
brown, grey
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
褐
Emoji
🐻 🤎
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- brunneus Latin
- brūnus Latin
- bruno Italian
- brun French
- brunâtre French
- canard brun French
- *bher- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰerH- Proto-Indo-European
- *brūnaz Proto-Germanic
- brun Old English
- brūn Old English
- burnysshen Middle English
- brúnn Old Norse
- burnir Old French
- bruna Esperanto
- bru Catalan, Valencian
- brúnn Icelandic
- brun Galician
- brun Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- brūn Old High German
- breun Norman
- brun Norman
- *brūn gmw-pro
- *brūn Old Dutch
- brûn Middle Low German
- brūn Old Saxon
- bregn Romansh
- brin Romansh
- brün Romansh
- *brūn Frankish
- brün North Frisian