Proto-West Germanic

*brūn

‘brown’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-West Germanic *brūn.

3 English words in this record descend from Proto-West Germanic *brūn, most familiar first.

• brown ← broun ← brūn
• bruin ← bruun ← *brūn
• broon ← broun ← brūn

Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *brūn