Where does “Brownswick” come from?
Brownswick (English) comes from German Braunschweig, from Middle Low German Brûnswîke, from Middle Low German brûn, from Old Saxon brūn, from Proto-Germanic *brūn, from Proto-Germanic brūnaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰerH- — to pierce; to strike; brown.
Ancestry of “Brownswick”, step by step