Where does “salubrun” come from?

salubrun (Old English) comes from Old English salu, from Proto-West Germanic *salu, from Proto-Germanic salwaz, from Proto-Indo-European salw-.

salubrun (Old English): dark brown

Definitions

  1. dark brown

Ancestry of “salubrun”, step by step

salubrun traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English salu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsaludusky
2Proto-West Germanic*saludusky, grey
3Proto-Germanicsalwazdusky, grey; smutty, dirty, muddy; sallow
4Proto-Indo-Europeansalw-—

via Old English Brūn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old EnglishBrūnbrown
2Proto-Germanicbrūnazbrown
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰerH-to pierce; to strike; brown
Every word from Proto-Indo-European salw- →Every word from Proto-Germanic salwaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *salu →