Where does “maksimibreikki” come from?

maksimibreikki (Finnish) comes from Finnish breikki, 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.

maksimibreikki (Finnish): maximum break

Definitions

  1. maximum break

Ancestry of “maksimibreikki”, step by step

maksimibreikki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish breikki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishbreikkibreak, pause
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

via Finnish maksimi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaksimimaximum
2LatinMaximusthe greatest
3Proto-Italic*magisVmos
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ-