BRIDGE

There is a strong connection between a word BROW and a bridge both meaning "a connection". This sort of a "uni-brow" between two eyes or two places.

BRI-

Church Slavonic: брьвь (brĭvĭ)

Old East Slavic: брьвь (brĭvĭ)

Gaulish: brīva, briua

English: bridge

Old Frisian: brigge, bregge

Middle English: brigge

Plautdietsch: Brigj

West Flemish: brigge

Old Dutch: bricge

Pennsylvania German: Brick

Hunsrik: Brick

Middle Dutch: brigge

English: brig, brigg

Scots: brig, brigg

BRU-

Church Slavonic: бръвь (brŭvĭ)

Old East Slavic: бръвь (brŭvĭ)

Middle English: brügge

Old Saxon: bruggia

Middle Low German: brugge

Low German: Brügg(e), Brüch

Dutch Low Saxon: brugge (Achterhoeks, Drents, Gronings, Twents, Veluws)

Old Dutch: brugga

Middle Dutch: brugge

Dutch: brug

Afrikaans: brug

Old High German: brucca

Middle High German: brucke, brücke

German: Brücke

PRU-

Lepontic: 𐌐𐌓𐌖𐌉𐌀𐌌 (pruiam)

Old Norse U --> Y

Old Norse: bryggja

Icelandic: bryggja

Faroese: bryggja

Norwegian: brygge, bryggje

Old Swedish: bryggia

Swedish: brygga

Danish: brygge

Old English: bryċġ

Middle English: bryg

Vilamovian: bryk

BRA-

Bulgarian: бръв (brǎv), брьвь (brʹvʹ)

North Frisian: brag

BRO-

Dutch Low Saxon: brogge (Drents, Stellingwerfs, Veluws), brog (Drents, Gronings, Veluws)

BER-

Church Slavonic: бервь (bervĭ)

Old East Slavic: бервь (bervĭ)

Ukrainian: бер (ber), берь (berʹ)

Polish: bierwiono ("beam, log, rough timber")

Belarusian: бервяно́ (bjervjanó) ("beam, log, rough timber")

BRE-

Old Czech: břev

Czech: břevno ("beam, log, rough timber")

Russian: бревно́ (brevnó) ("beam, log, rough timber")

Saterland Frisian: Brääch

West Frisian: brêge

Middle Dutch: bregge

Luxembourgish: Bréck

Middle English: bregg

Scots: breeg

BRV-

Serbo-Croatian: бр̑в, bȓv

Slovene: bŕv

Old Church Slavonic: брьвьно (brĭvĭno) ("beam, log, rough timber")

Serbo-Croatian: бр́вно, brvno ("beam, log, rough timber")

Slovenian: br̂vno ("beam, log, rough timber")

Slovak: brvno ("beam, log, rough timber")

Old East Slavic: бьрьвьно (bĭrĭvĭno) ("beam, log, rough timber")

Article published on the 30th of October 2018.