Where does “Bräakja” come from?

Bräakja (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch bräakjen, from Middle Low German brēken, from Old Saxon brekan, from Proto-West Germanic brekan, from Proto-Germanic brekaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- — to shine, shimmer.

Ancestry of “Bräakja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Plautdietschbräakjento break
2Middle Low Germanbrēken—
3Old Saxonbrekanto break
4Proto-West Germanicbrekanto break
5Proto-Germanicbrekanąto break
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer
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