Where does “brēken” come from?

brēken (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch brecan, from Proto-West Germanic brekan, from Proto-Germanic brekaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- — to shine, shimmer.

brēken (Middle Dutch): to break, to break into pieces

Definitions

  1. to break, to break into pieces

Ancestry of “brēken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchbrecanto break
2Proto-West Germanicbrekanto break
3Proto-Germanicbrekanąto break
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer

Words derived from “brēken”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic brekaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic brekan →