Where does “brēaw” come from?

brēaw (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic brēwō, from Proto-Indo-European h₃bʰrúHs — eyebrow.

brēaw (Old English): eyelid

Definitions

  1. eyelid

Ancestry of “brēaw”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbrēwōeyebrow
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃bʰrúHseyebrow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃bʰrúHs →Every word from Proto-Germanic brēwō →