Where does “霹靂舞” come from?

霹靂舞 (Chinese) comes from English breakdancing, from English break, from Middle English breken, from Old English brecan, from Proto-West Germanic brekan, from Proto-Germanic brekaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- — to shine, shimmer.

霹靂舞 (Chinese): breakdancing

Definitions

  1. breakdancing

Ancestry of “霹靂舞”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbreakdancingAn urban style of acrobatic street dance that...
2EnglishbreakTo separate into two or more pieces, to fracture...
3Middle Englishbrekento break
4Old Englishbrecanto break; to break into a place
5Proto-West Germanicbrekanto break
6Proto-Germanicbrekanąto break
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ-