Words that come from Proto-Germanic *brekan

74 words across 19 languages descend from Proto-Germanic *brekan — including brake, brakeman, handbrake, canebrake, brakesman, airbrake, brakeless, aerobrake.

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English (37)

Dutch (15)

Portuguese (3)

Middle Dutch (2)

Swedish (2)

Welsh (2)

Afrikaans (1)

Korean (1)

Zulu (1)

Burmese (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Middle Low German (1)

Maltese (1)

Swahili (1)

Luganda (1)

Finnish (1)

Indonesian (1)

Japanese (1)

Chinese (1)