Where does “breken” come from?

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

breken (Middle English): to break

Definitions

  1. to break

Ancestry of “breken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbrecanto break; to break into a place
2Proto-West Germanicbrekanto break
3Proto-Germanicbrekanąto break
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer

Words derived from “breken”

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