brū-

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Type: lexical
Meaning: uncertain
Language: Celtic
Phonemic analysis: /brū/-
From PIE: *(h₃)bʰruH- 'brow' (?)
From Proto-Celtic: *brū- 'brow' (?)
Attestation: pruiam

Commentary

Lepontic pruiam may be cognate with OIr. brú 'brow'; see the word page for details about the uncertain analysis, reconstruction and semantics.

Corinna Salomon