Where does “avbryte” come from?
avbryte (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål av, from Old Norse af, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.
avbryte (Norwegian Bokmål): to interrupt
Ancestry of “avbryte”, step by step
avbryte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål av
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | av | off; onwards; of |
| 2 | Old Norse | af | of, from, off, by |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |
via Norwegian Bokmål bryte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | bryte | to break; violate; infringe; ring off; hang up;... |
| 2 | Old Norse | brjóta | to break; to break open; to destroy, demolish |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | breutaną | to destroy, crush, break |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrewd- | to break |