Where does “briny” come from?
Briny comes from Middle English -y, from Middle French -ie, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ivus, from Latin -ia, from Proto-Indo-European -kos.
briny (English): Of, pertaining to, resembling or containing...
Definitions
- Of, pertaining to, resembling or containing...
Ancestry of “briny”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | brine | Salt water; water saturated or strongly... |
| 2 | English | bruin | A folk name for a bear, especially the brown... |
| 3 | Dutch | bruin | brown; the color brown; heroin |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | bruun | brown; A bear character in the story of Reynard... |
| 5 | Old Dutch | brūn | brown |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | brūn | brown |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | brūnaz | brown |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰerH- | to pierce; to strike; brown |