Where does “browe” come from?

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

browe (Middle English): The eyebrow; The brow; The eyelid

Definitions

  1. The eyebrow; The brow; The eyelid

Ancestry of “browe”, step by step

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

Words derived from “browe”

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