Words that come from Proto-West Germanic brekan

246 words across 32 languages descend from Proto-West Germanic brekan — including break, broken, broke, breakfast, broker, unbroken, breakthrough, daybreak.

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English (115)

German (46)

Dutch (16)

Middle English (8)

Old English (7)

Luxembourgish (5)

Tok Pisin (4)

Middle High German (4)

Old High German (3)

Italian (3)

Irish (3)

Old Saxon (3)

Middle Dutch (2)

Yiddish (2)

Danish (2)

Korean (2)

Welsh (2)

Spanish (2)

Finnish (2)

Norwegian Bokmål (2)

Middle Low German (2)

French (1)

Hebrew (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Russian (1)

Central Franconian (1)

Zulu (1)

Japanese (1)

Hausa (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Low German (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)