Where does “breotan” come from?

breotan (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic breutaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrewd- — to break.

breotan (Old English): to break, bruise, destroy

Definitions

  1. to break, bruise, destroy

Ancestry of “breotan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbreutanąto destroy, crush, break
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrewd-to break

Words derived from “breotan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrewd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic breutaną →