Where does “brown-haired” come from?

brown-haired (English) comes from English Brown, from Middle English broun, from Old English Brūn, from Proto-Germanic brūnaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰerH- — to pierce; to strike; brown.

brown-haired (English): having hair of a brown color

Definitions

  1. having hair of a brown color

Ancestry of “brown-haired”, step by step

brown-haired traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Brown

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBrownAlternative letter-case form of brown
2Middle Englishbroundark, dull, murky; brown; brown-haired
3Old EnglishBrūnbrown
4Proto-Germanicbrūnazbrown
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰerH-to pierce; to strike; brown

via English haired

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhairedHaving hair; not bald or hairless; Having some...
2English-edUsed to form past tenses of verbs. In...
3Middle English-edAlternative form of -hede
4Old English-edformed into the likeness of, made into, shaped...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰerH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic brūnaz →Every word from Old English Brūn →