Where does “inbreken” come from?

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

Ancestry of “inbreken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishinbrecanto break into
2Old Englishbrecanto break; to break into a place
3Proto-West Germanicbrekanto break
4Proto-Germanicbrekanąto break
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer

Words derived from “inbreken”

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