Where does “brot” come from?
brot (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse brot, from Proto-Germanic brutą, from Proto-Germanic breutaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrewd- — to break.
brot (Icelandic): a fracture; a violation; a fraction
Definitions
- a fracture; a violation; a fraction
Ancestry of “brot”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | brot | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | brutą | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | breutaną | to destroy, crush, break |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrewd- | to break |
Words derived from “brot”