Where does “brisk” come from?

brisk (Lithuanian) comes from Lithuanian bristi, from Proto-Balto-Slavic bred-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰredʰ- — to wade.

brisk (Lithuanian): second-person singular imperative of bristi

Definitions

  1. second-person singular imperative of bristi

Ancestry of “brisk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lithuanianbristito wade
2Proto-Balto-Slavicbred-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰredʰ-to wade
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰredʰ- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic bred- →Every word from Lithuanian bristi →