Where does “bro” come from?
bro (Welsh) comes from Middle Welsh bro, from Proto-Brythonic broɣ, from Proto-Celtic mrogis, from Proto-Indo-European morǵ- — edge, boundary, border; frontier, border.
bro (Welsh): region, country, land, neighbourhood, native...
Definitions
- region, country, land, neighbourhood, native...
Ancestry of “bro”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle Welsh | bro | — |
| 2 | Proto-Brythonic | broɣ | country, region, territory |
| 3 | Proto-Celtic | mrogis | border, borderland, march, mark; region, country,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | morǵ- | edge, boundary, border; frontier, border |