Words that come from Proto-Germanic brekaną

350 words across 50 languages descend from Proto-Germanic brekaną — including break, broken, broke, breakfast, broker, unbroken, breakthrough, daybreak.

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English (122)

German (53)

Dutch (32)

Middle English (16)

Old English (15)

French (6)

Middle Dutch (6)

Luxembourgish (6)

Middle High German (6)

Danish (5)

Old High German (5)

Old French (5)

Proto-Germanic (5)

Italian (4)

Old Dutch (4)

Tok Pisin (4)

Middle Low German (4)

Irish (3)

North Frisian (3)

Low German (3)

Spanish (3)

Old Saxon (3)

Proto-West Germanic (3)

Yiddish (2)

Afrikaans (2)

Korean (2)

Welsh (2)

Finnish (2)

Portuguese (2)

Norwegian Bokmål (2)

Old Frisian (1)

Hebrew (1)

Gothic (1)

West Frisian (1)

Venetian (1)

Vilamovian (1)

Russian (1)

Central Franconian (1)

Ido (1)

Zulu (1)

Japanese (1)

Greenlandic (1)

Hausa (1)

Scots (1)

Papiamentu (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Middle French (1)

Frankish (1)

Kabuverdianu (1)

Anglo-Norman (1)