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 reconstructions

*brēwiz

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrḗwH-o- (“eyebrow”), a lengthened grade formation from *h₃bʰrúHs (“idem”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbrɛː.wɔː/

Noun

*brēwō f

eyebrow

Inflection

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

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *brāu, *brāwi (< *brēwiz)
- Old English: brǣw, brēaw, brēġ
  - Middle English: breu
    - Scots: brew, bree, breers
    - English: bree (dialectal), brow
- Old Frisian: *brāw, brē (in âgbrē, etc.)
  - ⇒ Saterland Frisian: Oogenbruun
  - ⇒ 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)
      - ⇒ Afrikaans: wenkbrou
    - Limburgish: braoj (mostly in ougsbraoj)
- Old High German: brāwa
  - Middle High German: brā; (rarely) brāwe
    - German: Braue (mostly in Augenbraue); -per (in Wimper)
    - Luxembourgish: -per (in Aper, Wëmper)
Old Norse: brá
- Icelandic: brá
- Faroese: brá
- Old Swedish: brā
  - Swedish: -brå in baldersbrå

References

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*brēwō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 76

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*brēwō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 76

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