brunnur
Icelandic
/ˈprʏnːʏr/
noun
Definitions
- well
- wellspring, spring
- (figuratively) source
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse brunnr derived from Proto-Germanic *brunnô (brook, wellspring, stream).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*brunnô
Gloss
brook, wellspring, stream
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
河
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *bʰrewh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- brønn Norwegian Bokmål
- *brunna- Proto-Germanic
- *brunnaz Proto-Germanic
- *brunnô Proto-Germanic
- brunn Swedish
- brønn Norwegian Nynorsk
- burna Old English
- burne Old English
- brunnr Old Norse
- brønd Danish
- 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰 Gothic
- *brunnō gmw-pro
- brunno Old Dutch
- brönn Westrobothnian
- brønn Scanian
- brunna Crimean Gothic