Where does “brek” come from?
brek (Slovene) comes from English break, from Middle English breken, from Old English brecan, from Proto-West Germanic brekan, from Proto-Germanic brekaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- — to shine, shimmer.
brek (Slovene): wild service tree, chequer tree
Definitions
- wild service tree, chequer tree
Ancestry of “brek”, step by step
brek traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English break
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | break | To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture... |
| 2 | Middle English | breken | to break |
| 3 | Old English | brecan | to break; to break into a place |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | brekan | to break |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | brekaną | to break |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrēǵ- | to shine, shimmer |
via Italian bracco
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | bracco | hound, gundog, bloodhound; sleuth; first-person... |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | brakko | setter |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂g- | to smell |
via Proto-Slavic *berkъ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Slavic | *berkъ | — |