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· Proto-Germanic
*brūnaz
2 English words descend from Proto-Germanic
*brūnaz
, most common first.
burnish
To make (something, such as a surface) bright, shiny, and smooth by, or (by extension) as if by, rubbing; to polish, to shine.
brunneous
Of a dark brown colour.