Where does “brecan” come from?

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

brecan (Old English): to break; to break into a place

Definitions

  1. to break; to break into a place

Ancestry of “brecan”, step by step

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

Words derived from “brecan”

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