pruun

Estonian

Etymology

Either from Swedish brun or Middle Low German brûn. Cognate to Norwegian brun, Danish brun, Low German bruun, Dutch bruin, English brown, German braun. Ultimately derived from Proto-Germanic *brūnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHn-, enlargement of *bʰrew- (“shiny, brown”)

Further Indo-European cognates: Lithuanian bė́ras (“brown”), Sanskrit बभ्रु (babhru, “reddish-brown”)

Adjective

pruun (genitive pruuni, partitive pruuni, comparative pruunim, superlative kõige pruunim)

1. brown (color)

See also

Colors in Estonian · värvid (layout · text)

valge	hall	must
punane; karmiinpunane	oranž; pruun	kollane; kreem
laimiroheline, kollakasroheline	roheline	mündiroheline; tumeroheline
tsüaansinine, rohekassinine; sinakasroheline, siniroheline	taevasinine, taevassinine	sinine
lilla, violetne; potisinine, indigosinine	fuksia, magentapunane; lilla, purpurne, purpurpunane	roosa