Where does “brecan” come from?

brecan (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic brekan, from Proto-Germanic brekaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- — to shine, shimmer.

brecan (Old Dutch): to break

Definitions

  1. to break

Ancestry of “brecan”, step by step

brecan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic brekan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicbrekanto break
2Proto-Germanicbrekanąto break
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer

via Proto-Germanic *brekan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*brekan—

Words derived from “brecan”

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