Where does “abrest” come from?

abrest (Middle English) comes from Middle English A, from Middle English I, from Old English iċ, from Proto-West Germanic ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

abrest (Middle English): side by side

Definitions

  1. side by side

Ancestry of “abrest”, step by step

abrest traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English A

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishA—
2Middle EnglishII (first-person singular subject pronoun)
3Old EnglishiċI
4Proto-West GermanicikI
5Proto-Germanic*ek—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

via Middle English brest

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishbrestchest, thorax; The breast in several contexts;...
2Old Englishbrēostchest
3Proto-West Germanicbreustbreast, chest
4Proto-Germanicbreustąbreast, chest
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrews-to break

Words derived from “abrest”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ek →Every word from Proto-West Germanic ik →