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Where does “bresen” come from?

bresen (Middle English) comes from Proto-Indo-European bʰrews- — to break.

Ancestry of “bresen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrews-to break

Words derived from “bresen”

  • bruise
  • bruising
  • bruiser
  • bruisingly
  • bruiselike
  • bruisy
  • bruisable
  • bruisewort
  • bruiseless
  • bruisest
  • bruisably
  • unbruisable
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrews- →