Where does “*brekan” come from?

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

Ancestry of “*brekan”, step by step

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

Words derived from “*brekan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- →
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