*brūnaz

Runic: ᛒᚱᚢᚾᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈbruː.nɑz/

adjective · a-stem

Meanings

brown

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruH-nó-s / *bʰr̥Hu-nó-s, from *bʰérH-u-s ~ *bʰr̥H-éw-s, from root *bʰerH- (‘brown’). Possibly related to *berô (‘bear’, with meaning of ‘the brown one’, a possible tabooistic reference), and *bebruz (‘beaver’, meaning ‘the brown animal’). Cognates include Lithuaniane bė́ras (‘reddish brown’), Ancient Greek φρῡ́νη (phrū́nē) (phrū́nē, ‘toad; due to its coloring’), Hindi भूरा (bhūrā, ‘brown’), and Classical Persian بور (bōr, ‘reddish-brown’).

Declension

Strong declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	brūnaz	brūnō	brūną, -atō	brūnai	brūnôz	brūnō
Acc.	brūnanǭ	brūnǭ	brūną, -atō	brūnanz	brūnōz	brūnō
Gen.	brūnas, -is	brūnaizōz	brūnas, -is	brūnaizǫ̂	brūnaizǫ̂	brūnaizǫ̂
Dat.	brūnammai	brūnaizōi	brūnammai	brūnaimaz	brūnaimaz	brūnaimaz
Inst.	brūnanō	brūnaizō	brūnanō	brūnaimiz	brūnaimiz	brūnaimiz

Weak declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	brūnô	brūnǭ	brūnô	brūnaniz	brūnōniz	brūnōnō
Acc.	brūnanų	brūnōnų	brūnô	brūnanunz	brūnōnunz	brūnōnō
Gen.	brūniniz	brūnōniz	brūniniz	brūnanǫ̂	brūnōnǫ̂	brūnanǫ̂
Dat.	brūnini	brūnōni	brūnini	brūnammaz	brūnōmaz	brūnammaz
Inst.	brūninē	brūnōnē	brūninē	brūnammiz	brūnōmiz	brūnammiz

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Descendants

*brūn (Proto-West Germanic)
- *brūn (Old Dutch)
  - bruun (Middle Dutch)
    - bruin (English)
    - brūns (Latvian)
    - broen (Limburgish)
    - bruun (West Flemish)
*brūn (Proto-West Germanic)
- *brūn (Old Dutch)
  - bruun (Middle Dutch)
    - bruin (Dutch)
      - bruin (Afrikaans)
*brūn (Proto-West Germanic)
- brūn (Old English)
  - broun, broyn, brown, brun, bruyn (Middle English)
    - brown, broon (English)
    - broon, broun (Scots)
*brūn (Proto-West Germanic)
- brūn (Old Frisian)
  - brún (West Frisian)
*brūn (Proto-West Germanic)
- brūn (Old Frisian)
  - bruun (Saterland Frisian)
*brūn (Proto-West Germanic)
- brūn (Old High German)
  - brūn (Middle High German)
    - bruun (Alemannic German)
    - brong, brung, broun (Central Franconian)
    - braun (German)
    - ברוין (broyn) (Yiddish)
*brūn (Proto-West Germanic)
- brūn (Old High German)
  - brūn (Middle High German)
    - brau (Pennsylvania German)
*brūn (Proto-West Germanic)
- brūn (Old Saxon)
  - brûn (Middle Low German)
    - brun, broen, bruun (Dutch Low Saxon)
    - bruun, brun (Low German)
    - brun (Plautdietsch)
brúnn (Old Norse)
- brúnur (Faroese)
- brúnn (Icelandic)
- brun, brun’u, brun’e, bron (Norwegian Nynorsk)
brúnn (Old Norse)
- brūn (Old Danish)
  - brun (Danish)
    - brun (Norwegian Bokmål)
brúnn (Old Norse)
- brūn (Old Swedish)
  - brun (Swedish)

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