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Where does “brón” come from?

brón (Irish) comes from Old Irish brón, from Proto-Celtic brugnos — sadness, pain.

brón (Irish): sorrow; grieve; genitive singular of bró

Definitions

  1. sorrow; grieve; genitive singular of bró

Ancestry of “brón”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishbrónsorrow, grief, lamentation, distress, burden
2Proto-Celticbrugnossadness, pain

Words derived from “brón”

  • mavrone
  • mo bhrón
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