Where does “brā” come from?

brā (Middle High German) comes from Old High German brāwa, from West Germanic *brāwu, from Proto-Germanic brūwō, from Proto-Indo-European h₃bʰrúHs — eyebrow.

brā (Middle High German): brow

Definitions

  1. brow

Ancestry of “brā”, step by step

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

Words derived from “brā”

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