Where does “Brueck” come from?

Brueck (English) comes from Luxembourgish Bruck, 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.

Ancestry of “Brueck”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishBruckspawn
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- →Every word from Proto-Germanic brekaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic brekan →