Etymology Explorer
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Where does “*brāwu” come from?
*brāwu (West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic brūwō, from Proto-Indo-European h₃bʰrúHs — eyebrow.
Ancestry of “*brāwu”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Germanic
brūwō
eyebrow
2
Proto-Indo-European
h₃bʰrúHs
eyebrow
Words derived from “*brāwu”
brow
browed
highbrow
browbeat
middlebrow
lowbrow
browbeaten
unibrow
browband
browlift
monobrow
browless
browplasty
browbeater
browbone
browline
midbrow
overbrow
highbrowism
middlebrowism
lowbrowism
brū
brāwa
browe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃bʰrúHs →
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