Where does “brust” come from?

brust (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon brust, from Proto-West Germanic brust, from Proto-Germanic brusts, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrews- — to break.

Ancestry of “brust”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonbrust
2Proto-West Germanicbrustbreast, chest
3Proto-Germanicbrustsbreast, chest
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrews-to break
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrews-