Where does “briketti” come from?

briketti (Finnish) comes from French briquette, from French brique, from Middle Low German bricke, from Proto-West Germanic brekan, from Proto-Germanic brekaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- — to shine, shimmer.

briketti (Finnish): briquette/briquet

Definitions

  1. briquette/briquet

Ancestry of “briketti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbriquettea small brick
2Frenchbriquebrick; carton box; ten thousand French francs
3Middle Low Germanbricke
4Proto-West Germanicbrekanto break
5Proto-Germanicbrekanąto break
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer

Words derived from “briketti

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ-Every word from Proto-Germanic brekanąEvery word from Proto-West Germanic brekan
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