Where does “breku” come from?
breku (Frankish) comes from English breakfast, from Middle English brekefast, from Middle English fast, from Old English fæste, from Old English -e, from Old English -en, from Old Norse -inn, from Proto-Norse -īna- — adjectival suffix.
breku (Frankish): a breach, break; a break; crack; opening
Definitions
- a breach, break; a break; crack; opening
Ancestry of “breku”, step by step
breku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English breakfast
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | breakfast | The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the... |
| 2 | Middle English | brekefast | breakfast |
| 3 | Middle English | fast | fast quickly |
| 4 | Old English | fæste | firmly, fastly, tightly |
| 5 | Old English | -e | forming adverbs from adjectives; -ly |
| 6 | Old English | -en | mæġþ + API → mæġden; cocc + API → cycen, cicen;... |
| 7 | Old Norse | -inn | Used to create adjectives from nouns, meaning... |
| 8 | Proto-Norse | -īna- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | -īnaz | -en |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |
via Proto-Germanic brekō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | brekō | a breaking, breach, fallow ground; a break,... |