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Where does “breostcearu” come from?

breostcearu (Old English) comes from Old English brēost, from Proto-West Germanic breust, from Proto-Germanic breustą, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrews- — to break.

breostcearu (Old English): anxiety, sorrow

Definitions

  1. anxiety, sorrow

Ancestry of “breostcearu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbrēostchest
2Proto-West Germanicbreustbreast, chest
3Proto-Germanicbreustąbreast, chest
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrews-to break
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