Where does “بريك” come from?

بريك (Hijazi Arabic) comes from English break, from Middle English breken, from Old English brecan, from Proto-West Germanic brekan, from Proto-Germanic brekaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- — to shine, shimmer.

بريك (Hijazi Arabic): burek; a type of baked or fried filled pastry

Definitions

  1. burek; a type of baked or fried filled pastry

Ancestry of “بريك”, step by step

بريك traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English break

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbreakTo separate into two or more pieces, to fracture...
2Middle Englishbrekento break
3Old Englishbrecanto break; to break into a place
4Proto-West Germanicbrekanto break
5Proto-Germanicbrekanąto break
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer

via Ottoman Turkish بورك

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishبوركa name of various kinds of pastry; or a cake of...
2Proto-Turkic*börükhat, cap
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic brekaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic brekan →