brong
Central Franconian
/bʀoŋ/
adjective
Definitions
- (most dialects of) brown
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German brūn (brown) inherited from Proto-Germanic *brūnaz (brown, grey).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*brūnaz
Gloss
brown, grey
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
褐
Emoji
🐻 🤎
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Bruno English
- brunneus Latin
- brūnus Latin
- prunella Latin
- braun German
- *bher- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰerH- Proto-Indo-European
- *brūnaz Proto-Germanic
- brun Old English
- brūn Old English
- brúnn Old Norse
- brúnn Icelandic
- brūn Old High German
- brūn Middle High German
- brong Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *brūn gmw-pro
- *brūn Old Dutch
- brûn Middle Low German
- brūn Old Saxon
- bregn Romansh
- brin Romansh
- brün Romansh
- *brūn Frankish
- brau Pennsylvania German
- Braun Hunsrik
- braun Hunsrik
- brün North Frisian