Where does “brocken” come from?

brocken (German) comes from Middle High German brocken, from Old High German brocchōn, from Proto-West Germanic brekan, from Proto-Germanic brekaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- — to shine, shimmer.

brocken (German): to break; to pick

Definitions

  1. to break; to pick

Ancestry of “brocken”, step by step

brocken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German brocken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanbrockento break into pieces
2Old High Germanbrocchōn—
3Proto-West Germanicbrekanto break
4Proto-Germanicbrekanąto break
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer

via Old High German brocco

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanbrocco—
2Proto-Germanicbrukkô—

Words derived from “brocken”

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