Where does “breyting” come from?

breyting (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic breyta, from Proto-Germanic breutaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrewd- — to break.

breyting (Icelandic): change, alteration

Definitions

  1. change, alteration

Ancestry of “breyting”, step by step

breyting traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic breyta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicbreytavariable; to change something, to modify...
2Proto-Germanicbreutanąto destroy, crush, break
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrewd-to break

via Icelandic ing

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicing—

Words derived from “breyting”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrewd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic breutaną →Every word from Icelandic breyta →