Where does “भ्रू” come from?

भ्रू (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Aryan HbʰrúHs, from Proto-Indo-Iranian HbʰrúHs, from Proto-Indo-European h₃bʰrúHs — eyebrow.

भ्रू (Sanskrit): eyebrow

Definitions

  1. eyebrow

Ancestry of “भ्रू”, step by step

भ्रू traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-Aryan HbʰrúHs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-AryanHbʰrúHseyebrow
2Proto-Indo-IranianHbʰrúHseyebrow
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃bʰrúHseyebrow

via Indo-Iranian *HbʰrúHs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indo-Iranian*HbʰrúHs—

Words derived from “भ्रू”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃bʰrúHs →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian HbʰrúHs →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan HbʰrúHs →