Etymology Explorer › Old Dutch

Where does “brust” come from?

brust (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic brust, from Proto-Germanic brusts, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrews- — to break.

Ancestry of “brust”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicbrustbreast, chest
2Proto-Germanicbrustsbreast, chest
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrews-to break

Words derived from “brust”

  • borstwering
  • aamborstig
  • engborstig
  • kippenborst
  • roodborstlijster
  • borstkas
  • roodborst
  • adelborst
  • borstrok
  • borststuk
  • borst
  • borstbeeld
  • borstvin
  • rondborstig
  • borstvoeding
  • borstmelk
  • borst
  • amborstich
  • bors
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