Where does “bròn” come from?

bròn (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish brón, from Proto-Celtic brugnos — sadness, pain.

bròn (Scottish Gaelic): grief, sadness, sorrow, mourning, affliction

Definitions

  1. grief, sadness, sorrow, mourning, affliction

Ancestry of “bròn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishbrónsorrow, grief, lamentation, distress, burden
2Proto-Celticbrugnossadness, pain
Every word from Proto-Celtic brugnos →Every word from Old Irish brón →