Proto-Germanic: *brū-, *brūn=; *brē(x)w=; *brūn=
Meaning: eye-brow; edge, brim
Old Norse: 1) brā `Lid, Wimpern'; brūn, pl. brünn/brūnir `Braue; Wandvorhang in der Kirche' (ko ns. St.); 2) brūn `Rand, Kante, Zeugborte', brǖna wk. `wetzen, anstacheln; ans Land ziehen', brǖni n. `Wetzstein, Würze'
Norwegian: 1) brun; 2) brüna wk.
Old Swedish: 2) brūn, brǖn `Rand, Kante'; bryne `Wetzstein'
Swedish: 1) brün; 2) brüna wk.
Danish: 1) brün; 2) brüne `Wetzstein'; dial. bryne wk.
Old English: 1) brū, gen. brūwe f. `brow, eye-brow, eye-lash'; brǟw `Lid, Wimpern'
English: 1) brow
Old Saxon: 1) brāha, brāwa `Braue', in Komp. `Lid, Wimpern'; wint-brawia
Middle Dutch: 1) bra(e)uwe f. (went-, winc-, wenc-braeuwe)
Dutch: 1) brauw, wenk-brauw f.
Middle Low German: 1) pl. brān `Brauen, Lider'
Old High German: 1) brāwa (8.Jh.) `Augenlied, Wimpernreihe, Augenbraue'
Middle High German: brā (pl. brā, brāwen, brān) st./wk. f. 'wimper, braue'
German: 1) Braue f.
