Where does “Breefmoakj” come from?

Breefmoakj (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle English breef, from Old French brief, from Latin brevis, from Proto-Italic *breɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European mréǵʰus, from Proto-Indo-European mreǵʰ- — short.

Breefmoakj (Plautdietsch): postage stamp, stamp

Definitions

  1. postage stamp, stamp

Ancestry of “Breefmoakj”, step by step

Breefmoakj traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English breef

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishbreefAlternative form of bref
2Old Frenchbriefbrief, short in length; letter or statement
3Latinbrevisshort, small, little, narrow; brief, short;...
4Proto-Italic*breɣʷis
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmréǵʰusshort; brief
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmreǵʰ-short

via Plautdietsch Moakj

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschMoakjmarrow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mreǵʰ-