Where does “brūns” come from?

brūns (Latvian) 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.

brūns (Latvian): brown

Definitions

  1. brown

Ancestry of “brūns”, step by step

brūns traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Dutch bruun

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

via Middle Low German brūn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanbrūn

Words derived from “brūns

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰerH-Every word from Proto-Germanic brūnazEvery word from Proto-West Germanic brūn