Reconstruction:Old Dutch/brawa

This Old Dutch entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *brāu, from Proto-Germanic *brēwō.

Noun

*brāwa f

1. eyebrow

Inflection

Declension of *brāwa (feminine wō-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	*brāwa	*brāwa, *brāwon
accusative	*brāwa, *brāwon	*brāwa, *brāwon
genitive	*brāwon	*brāwono
dative	*brāwon	*brāwon

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: brauwe
  • Dutch: brauw (mostly in wenkbrauw); -per (in wimper)
    • ⇒ Afrikaans: wenkbrou
  • Limburgish: braoj (mostly in ougsbraoj)