Where does “bebrecan” come from?

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

bebrecan (Old English): to break off; deprive, destroy, or spoil by...

Definitions

  1. to break off; deprive, destroy, or spoil by...

Ancestry of “bebrecan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicbibrekanto break
2Proto-West Germanicbrekanto break
3Proto-Germanicbrekanąto break
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer

Words derived from “bebrecan”

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