Where does “seebries” come from?
seebries (Afrikaans) comes from Afrikaans bries, from Dutch bries, from English breeze, from Spanish brisa, from Old Spanish briza, from French brise, from French briser, from Middle French briser — to burst; break; crack; crackle.
seebries (Afrikaans): sea breeze
Definitions
- sea breeze
Ancestry of “seebries”, step by step
seebries traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Afrikaans bries
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | bries | breeze |
| 2 | Dutch | bries | breeze |
| 3 | English | breeze | A light, gentle wind; Any activity that is easy,... |
| 4 | Spanish | brisa | breeze |
| 5 | Old Spanish | briza | — |
| 6 | French | brise | breeze; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 7 | French | briser | To break; snap; To become broken; snap |
| 8 | Middle French | briser | — |
| 9 | Old French | brisier | to break (cause damage to), bust |
| 10 | Frankish | bristan | to break to pieces, split, shatter; to break,... |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | brestaną | to burst, break, sunder, split, crack |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰres‑ | to burst; break; crack; crackle |
via Afrikaans see
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | see | sea |
| 2 | Dutch | zee | sea |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | sêe | sea |
| 4 | Old Dutch | sēo | sea |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | saiwi | sea |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | saiwiz | sea, ocean |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | sīhwaną | to filter |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | seykʷ- | to moisten; to filter |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sey- | to be wet; dribble; run; to stretch one's arm;... |