brine

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *brīnā, from Proto-Germanic *brīnǭ (“brine”), of unknown ultimate origin, possibly Proto-Indo-European *mr-īnó-, from *móri (“sea, standing water”). Compare Middle Dutch brine ("brine, salt liquor"; whence Dutch brijn), West Frisian brein (“brine”).

Descendants

brine

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