Where does “bra” come from?

bra (Middle English) comes from Old Norse brá, from Proto-Germanic brēwō, from Proto-Indo-European h₃bʰrúHs — eyebrow.

bra (Middle English): bank of a stream; raised edge of a ditch or pit

Definitions

  1. bank of a stream; raised edge of a ditch or pit

Ancestry of “bra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsebráeyelash
2Proto-Germanicbrēwōeyebrow
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃bʰrúHseyebrow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃bʰrúHs →Every word from Proto-Germanic brēwō →Every word from Old Norse brá →