Where does “bryti” come from?

bryti (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic brutjaną, from Proto-Germanic breutaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrewd- — to break.

bryti (Old Norse): steward, bailiff

Definitions

  1. steward, bailiff

Ancestry of “bryti”, step by step

bryti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic brutjaną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbrutjanąto break, divide
2Proto-Germanicbreutanąto destroy, crush, break
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrewd-to break

via Proto-Germanic brutjô

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbrutjô—
2Proto-Germanic-jô-er

Words derived from “bryti”

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