Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *brūnazScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_brūnaz
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φρῡ́νηtoad; due to its coloring
adja-stembrownPerhaps 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, ‘toad; due to its coloring’), Hindi भूरा (bhūrā, ‘brown’), and Classical Persian بور (bōr, ‘reddish-brown’).