Where does “bregða” come from?

bregða (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic bregdaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēḱ-.

bregða (Old Norse): to turn around, flip

Definitions

  1. to turn around, flip

Ancestry of “bregða”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbregdanąto flicker, flutter, jerk, tug (on), twitch, flinch, move, swing
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēḱ-—

Words derived from “bregða”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bregdaną →