Where does “brigða” come from?

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

brigða (Old Norse): to try to recover by lawful procedure; to annul,...

Definitions

  1. to try to recover by lawful procedure; to annul,...

Ancestry of “brigða”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsebregðato turn around, flip
2Proto-Germanicbregdanąto flicker, flutter, jerk, tug (on), twitch, flinch, move, swing
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēḱ-—

Words derived from “brigða”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bregdaną →Every word from Old Norse bregða →
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