Where does “bryti” come from?

bryti (Old Danish) comes from Old Norse bryti, from Proto-Germanic brutjaną, from Proto-Germanic breutaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrewd- — to break.

bryti (Old Danish): bailiff, steward

Definitions

  1. bailiff, steward

Ancestry of “bryti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsebrytisteward, bailiff
2Proto-Germanicbrutjanąto break, divide
3Proto-Germanicbreutanąto destroy, crush, break
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrewd-to break

Words derived from “bryti”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrewd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic breutaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic brutjaną →