Where does “brows” come from?
brows (Cornish) comes from Cornish brewi, from Cornish i, from English eyes, from Proto-Indo-European éy, from Proto-Indo-European h₁e-.
brows (Cornish): crumbled material; mash, groundbait
Definitions
- crumbled material; mash, groundbait
Ancestry of “brows”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Cornish | brewi | to bruise |
| 2 | Cornish | i | they |
| 3 | English | eyes | plural of eye; Third-person singular simple... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | éy | the; demonstrative pronoun; this one, he |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁e- | — |
Words derived from “brows”