Where does “brekan” come from?

brekan (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic brekan, from Proto-Germanic brekaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- — to shine, shimmer.

brekan (Old Saxon): to break

Definitions

  1. to break

Ancestry of “brekan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicbrekanto break
2Proto-Germanicbrekanąto break
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer

Words derived from “brekan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- →