Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brēwō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms

• *brūwō

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrḗw- (“eyebrow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrɛː.wɔː/

Noun

*brēwō f

1. eyebrow

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *brēwō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*brēwō	*brēwôz
vocative	*brēwō	*brēwôz
accusative	*brēwǭ	*brēwōz
genitive	*brēwōz	*brēwǫ̂
dative	*brēwōi	*brēwōmaz
instrumental	*brēwō	*brēwōmiz

Descendants

• Old English: brǣw, brēaw, brēġ
  • Middle English: breu
    • Scots: brew, bree, breers
    • English: bree (dialectal), brow
• Old Frisian: *brāw
  • West Frisian: winbrau
• Old Saxon: brāwa, brāha
  • Middle Low German: brâwe, brâ (in winbrâwe, winbrâ)
    • German Low German: Braan, Bruun
• Old Dutch: *brāwa
  • Middle Dutch: brauwe
    • Dutch: brauw (mostly in wenkbrauw); -per (in wimper)
    • Limburgish: braoj (mostly in ougsbraoj)
• Old High German: brāwa
  • Middle High German: brā; (rarely) brāwe
    • German: Braue (mostly in Augenbraue); -per (in Wimper)
    • Luxembourgish: [Term?], -per (in Aper, Wëmper)
• Old Norse: brá
  • Icelandic: brá
  • Faroese: brá
  • Old Swedish: bra, brā
    • Swedish: -brå in baldersbrå