Where does “Brusthaar” come from?

Brusthaar (German) comes from German brūst, 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.

Brusthaar (German): chest hair collectively

Definitions

  1. chest hair collectively

Ancestry of “Brusthaar”, step by step

Brusthaar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German brūst

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbrūstchest
2Middle High Germanbrust—
3Old High Germanbrūstbreast, chest
4Proto-West Germanicbrustbreast, chest
5Proto-Germanicbrustsbreast, chest
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrews-to break

via German haar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanhaarsingular imperative of haaren; first-person...
2Old High Germanhārhair
3Proto-West Germanic*hārhair
4Proto-Germanichērąhair
5Proto-Indo-Europeankeres-rough hair, bristle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrews- →