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Where does “brautargengi” come from?

brautargengi (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic braut, from Old Norse braut, from Proto-Germanic brautō, from Proto-Germanic breutaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrewd- — to break.

brautargengi (Icelandic): support, aid, help

Definitions

  1. support, aid, help

Ancestry of “brautargengi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicbrautpath, course, way; first/third-person singular...
2Old Norsebrautroad, cleared path
3Proto-Germanicbrautō—
4Proto-Germanicbreutanąto destroy, crush, break
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrewd-to break
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