Where does “brügă” come from?

brügă (Polabian) comes from Middle Low German brügge, from Old Saxon bruggia, from Old French Bruges, from Old Dutch Bruges, from Old Dutch brugga, from Proto-West Germanic bruggju, from Proto-Germanic brugjǭ, from Proto-Indo-European bʰerw- — to boil, brew.

brügă (Polabian): bridge

Definitions

  1. bridge

Ancestry of “brügă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanbrügge
2Old Saxonbruggiabridge
3Old FrenchBruges
4Old DutchBruges
5Old Dutchbruggabridge
6Proto-West Germanicbruggjubridge
7Proto-Germanicbrugjǭbridge
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰerw-to boil, brew
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰerw-Every word from Proto-Germanic brugjǭEvery word from Proto-West Germanic bruggju
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