Where does “Brust” come from?

Brust (German) comes from Middle High German brust, from Old High German brūst, from Proto-West Germanic brust, from Proto-Germanic brusts, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrews- — to break.

Brust (German): chest

Definitions

  1. chest

Ancestry of “Brust”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanbrust
2Old High Germanbrūstbreast, chest
3Proto-West Germanicbrustbreast, chest
4Proto-Germanicbrustsbreast, chest
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrews-to break

Words derived from “Brust

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrews-
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