Where does “landbrot” come from?

landbrot (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic brot, from Old Norse brot, from Proto-Germanic brutą, from Proto-Germanic breutaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrewd- — to break.

landbrot (Icelandic): erosion

Definitions

  1. erosion

Ancestry of “landbrot”, step by step

landbrot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic brot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicbrota fracture; a violation; a fraction
2Old Norsebrot—
3Proto-Germanicbrutąthat which is broken off e.g. piece, fragment etc
4Proto-Germanicbreutanąto destroy, crush, break
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrewd-to break

via Icelandic land

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandiclandland, earth, ground; country; countryside,...
2Old Norselandland
3Proto-Germaniclandąland, area of ground
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlendʰ-land, heath; loins
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrewd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic breutaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic brutą →
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