Where does “brūst” come from?

brūst (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic brust, from Proto-Germanic brusts, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrews- — to break.

brūst (Old High German): breast, chest

Definitions

  1. breast, chest

Ancestry of “brūst”, step by step

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

Words derived from “brūst”

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