Where does “brække” come from?

brække (Danish) comes from Middle Low German brēken, from Old Saxon brekan, from Proto-West Germanic brekan, from Proto-Germanic brekaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- — to shine, shimmer.

brække (Danish): to break; to break, crack, fracture; to throw up,...

Definitions

  1. to break; to break, crack, fracture; to throw up,...

Ancestry of “brække”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanbrēken—
2Old Saxonbrekanto break
3Proto-West Germanicbrekanto break
4Proto-Germanicbrekanąto break
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer

Words derived from “brække”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic brekaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic brekan →