Where does “britar” come from?

britar (Old Portuguese) comes from Old English brittian, from Proto-Germanic brutjaną, from Proto-Germanic breutaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrewd- — to break.

Ancestry of “britar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbrittian—
2Proto-Germanicbrutjanąto break, divide
3Proto-Germanicbreutanąto destroy, crush, break
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrewd-to break

Words derived from “britar”

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