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.

brust (Old Dutch): chest

Definitions

  1. chest

Ancestry of “brust”, step by step

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

Words derived from “brust”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrews- →Every word from Proto-Germanic brusts →Every word from Proto-West Germanic brust →