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Where does “brestaną” come from?

brestaną (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European bʰres‑ — to burst; break; crack; crackle.

brestaną (Proto-Germanic): to burst, break, sunder, split, crack

Definitions

  1. to burst, break, sunder, split, crack

Ancestry of “brestaną”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰres‑to burst; break; crack; crackle

Words derived from “brestaną”

  • burst
  • debris
  • blockbuster
  • buster
  • sunburst
  • starburst
  • cloudburst
  • bursty
  • débris
  • burstiness
  • microburst
  • burster
  • bost
  • airburst
  • rockburst
  • bursten
  • sodbuster
  • interburst
  • downburst
  • trustbuster
  • bursteth
  • brisance
  • broncobuster
  • unburst
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