Where does “lithobrake” come from?

lithobrake (English) comes from English brake, from Middle Low German brake, from Proto-Germanic *brekan, from Proto-Germanic brekaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- — to shine, shimmer.

lithobrake (English): to perform lithobraking; A mechanism for...

Definitions

  1. to perform lithobraking; A mechanism for...

Ancestry of “lithobrake”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbrakeA fern; bracken; A thicket, or an area overgrown...
2Middle Low Germanbrakestump, branch; nose ring, curb, flax brake
3Proto-Germanic*brekan—
4Proto-Germanicbrekanąto break
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer

Words derived from “lithobrake”

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