Where does “brekke” come from?

brekke (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Danish brække, from Middle Low German brēken, from Old Saxon brekan, from Proto-West Germanic brekan, from Proto-Germanic brekaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- — to shine, shimmer.

brekke (Norwegian Bokmål): to break; to fracture; to snap

Definitions

  1. to break; to fracture; to snap

Ancestry of “brekke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishbrækketo break; to break, crack, fracture; to throw up,...
2Middle Low Germanbrēken—
3Old Saxonbrekanto break
4Proto-West Germanicbrekanto break
5Proto-Germanicbrekanąto break
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer

Words derived from “brekke”

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