Where does “brewe” come from?

brewe (Middle English) comes from Old English brū, from West Germanic *brāwu, from Proto-Germanic brūwō, from Proto-Indo-European h₃bʰrúHs — eyebrow.

brewe (Middle English): Alternative form of brewen; An eyebrow; the hair...

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of brewen; An eyebrow; the hair...

Ancestry of “brewe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbrūan eyelash
2West Germanic*brāwu—
3Proto-Germanicbrūwōeyebrow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃bʰrúHseyebrow

Words derived from “brewe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃bʰrúHs →Every word from Proto-Germanic brūwō →Every word from West Germanic *brāwu →