Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
The bony ridge over the eyes, upon which the eyebrows are located. · The eyebrow. · The forehead. · Aspect; appearance; facial expression.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo bound or limit; to be at, or form, the edge of.
From Middle English browe, from Old English brū, from Proto-West Germanic *brāwu, from Proto-Germanic *brūwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs (“brow”). Cognate with Scots broo (“brow”), Dutch brauw (“brow”), German Braue (“eyebrow”), Danish, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish bryn (“brow”), Faroese, Icelandic brún (“brow”). See also Middle Irish brúad, Tocharian B pärwāne (“eyebrows”), Lithuanian bruvi̇̀s, Serbo-Croatian obrva (“eyebrow”), Russian бровь (brovʹ, “brow”), Ancient Greek ὀφρύς (ophrús, “eyebrow”), Sanskrit भ्रू (bhrū, “eyebrow”)), Persian ابرو (abru, “eyebrow”), Khowar بروُ (bruú, “eyebrow”). For noun sense 4, compare Italian piglio (“aspect, countenance”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionbroweenm
- Inherited-form mentionbrūang
- Inherited-form mention*brāwugmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*brūwōgem-pro
- Inherited-form mention*h₃bʰrúHsine-pro · brow
- Cognate mentionbroosco · brow
- Cognate mentionbrauwnl · brow
- Cognate mentionBrauede · eyebrow
- Cognate mentionbrynsv · brow
- Cognate mentionbrúnis · brow
- Cognate mentionbrúadmga
- Cognate mentionpärwānetxb · eyebrows
- Cognate mentionbruvìslt
- Cognate mentionobrvash · eyebrow
- Cognate mentionбровьru · brow
- Cognate mentionὀφρύςgrc · eyebrow
- Cognate mentionभ्रूsa · eyebrow
- Cognate mentionابروfa · eyebrow
- Cognate mentionبروُkhw · eyebrow
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