Where does “Zusammenbruch” come from?

Zusammenbruch (German) comes from German zusammenbrechen, from German brëchen, from Middle High German brëchen, from Old High German brehhan, from Proto-West Germanic brekan, from Proto-Germanic brekaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- — to shine, shimmer.

Zusammenbruch (German): collapse

Definitions

  1. collapse

Ancestry of “Zusammenbruch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanzusammenbrechento break down, collapse
2Germanbrëchento break
3Middle High Germanbrëchento break
4Old High Germanbrehhanto break
5Proto-West Germanicbrekanto break
6Proto-Germanicbrekanąto break
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer

Words derived from “Zusammenbruch”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic brekaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic brekan →