Where does “bregdan” come from?

bregdan (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic bregdan, from Proto-Germanic bregdaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēḱ-.

bregdan (Old Saxon): to weave, move

Definitions

  1. to weave, move

Ancestry of “bregdan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicbregdanto move back and forth; to brandish, to draw; to...
2Proto-Germanicbregdanąto flicker, flutter, jerk, tug (on), twitch, flinch, move, swing
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēḱ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bregdaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic bregdan →
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