Where does “brō” come from?

brō (Old East Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic brōwō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰruh- — beam; bridge; beam, bridge.

Ancestry of “brō”, step by step

brō traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic brōwō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbrōwōbridge; brow
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰruh-beam; bridge; beam, bridge

via Proto-Germanic brūwō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbrūwōeyebrow
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃bʰrúHseyebrow

Words derived from “brō”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰruh- →Every word from Proto-Germanic brōwō →