Where does “brytja” come from?

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

brytja (Old Norse): to cut up, slaughter; to chop

Definitions

  1. to cut up, slaughter; to chop

Ancestry of “brytja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbrutjanąto break, divide
2Proto-Germanicbreutanąto destroy, crush, break
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrewd-to break
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrewd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic breutaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic brutjaną →