Where does “bräcka” come from?

bräcka (Swedish) comes from Middle Low German brēken, from Old Saxon brekan, from Proto-West Germanic brekan, from Proto-Germanic brekaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- — to shine, shimmer.

bräcka (Swedish): breach

Definitions

  1. breach

Ancestry of “bräcka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanbrēken—
2Old Saxonbrekanto break
3Proto-West Germanicbrekanto break
4Proto-Germanicbrekanąto break
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer

Words derived from “bräcka”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- →
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