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
- to break; to fracture; to snap
Ancestry of “brekke”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Danish | brække | to break; to break, crack, fracture; to throw up,... |
| 2 | Middle Low German | brēken | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | brekan | to break |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | brekan | to break |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | brekaną | to break |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrēǵ- | to shine, shimmer |
Words derived from “brekke”