Where does “ברוין” come from?

ברוין (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German brūn, from Old High German brūn, from Proto-West Germanic brūn, from Proto-Germanic brūnaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰerH- — to pierce; to strike; brown.

ברוין (Yiddish): brown

Definitions

  1. brown

Ancestry of “ברוין”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanbrūn—
2Old High Germanbrūnbrown
3Proto-West Germanicbrūnbrown
4Proto-Germanicbrūnazbrown
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰerH-to pierce; to strike; brown
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰerH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic brūnaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic brūn →