Where does “brust” come from?

brust (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic brust, from Proto-Germanic brusts, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrews- — to break.

Ancestry of “brust”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicbrustbreast, chest
2Proto-Germanicbrustsbreast, chest
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrews-to break

Words derived from “brust

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrews-
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