Etymology Explorer
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Where does “brǣw” come from?
brǣw (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic brēwō, from Proto-Indo-European h₃bʰrúHs — eyebrow.
Ancestry of “brǣw”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Germanic
brēwō
eyebrow
2
Proto-Indo-European
h₃bʰrúHs
eyebrow
Words derived from “brǣw”
eagbræw
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃bʰrúHs →
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