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Where does “*HbrúHs” come from?

*HbrúHs (Proto-Iranian) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian HbʰrúHs, from Proto-Indo-European h₃bʰrúHs — eyebrow.

Ancestry of “*HbrúHs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-IranianHbʰrúHseyebrow
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃bʰrúHseyebrow
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