Where does “brū” come from?

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

brū (Old English): an eyelash

Definitions

  1. an eyelash

Ancestry of “brū”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1West Germanic*brāwu—
2Proto-Germanicbrūwōeyebrow
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃bʰrúHseyebrow

Words derived from “brū”

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