Where does “bruin” come from?

bruin (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch bruun, from Old Dutch brūn, from Proto-West Germanic brūn, from Proto-Germanic brūnaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰerH- — to pierce; to strike; brown.

bruin (Dutch): brown; the color brown; heroin

Definitions

  1. brown; the color brown; heroin

Ancestry of “bruin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchbruunbrown; A bear character in the story of Reynard...
2Old Dutchbrūnbrown
3Proto-West Germanicbrūnbrown
4Proto-Germanicbrūnazbrown
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰerH-to pierce; to strike; brown

Words derived from “bruin”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰerH- →