bree
English
/bɹiː/
noun
Definitions
- (obsolete) The eyelid.
- (obsolete) The eyebrow.
- (Scotland) The brow; forehead.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English brewe (eyebrow) inherited from Old English brēġ (eyelid) derived from Proto-Germanic *brēwō (eyebrow).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*brēwō
Gloss
eyebrow
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
眉
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- brow English
- Augenbraue German
- Braue German
- Monobraue German
- Wimper German
- wenkbrauw Dutch, Flemish
- wenkbrauwpotlood Dutch, Flemish
- *h₃bʰrúHs Proto-Indo-European
- *brēwō Proto-Germanic
- bræw Old English
- brēowan Old English
- brēġ Old English
- brewe Middle English
- brá Old Norse
- wintbrauwe Middle Dutch
- brāwa Old High German
- brīo Old High German
- brā Middle High German
- Bräi Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *wintbrāwa Old Dutch
- brawa Old Saxon