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Where does “brechreizerregend” come from?

brechreizerregend (German) comes from German Brechreiz, 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.

brechreizerregend (German): emetic

Definitions

  1. emetic

Ancestry of “brechreizerregend”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBrechreiznausea
2Germanbrëchen—
3Middle High Germanbrëchen—
4Old High Germanbrehhanto break
5Proto-West Germanicbrekanto break
6Proto-Germanicbrekanąto break
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer
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