Where does “Brustsegment” come from?

Brustsegment (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.

Brustsegment (German): thoracomere, segment of the thorax of a crustacean

Definitions

  1. thoracomere, segment of the thorax of a crustacean

Ancestry of “Brustsegment”, step by step

Brustsegment 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 Segment

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSegmentsegment
2Latinsegmentuma cutting, cut; slice, piece; a segment, strip or...
3Latin-mentuminstrument, medium, or result of; e.g....
4Latin-mentanominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural...
5Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrews-
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