Where does “brakförlust” come from?

brakförlust (Swedish) comes from Proto-Germanic brak-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- — to shine, shimmer.

brakförlust (Swedish): a huge (economic) loss

Definitions

  1. a huge (economic) loss

Ancestry of “brakförlust”, step by step

brakförlust traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic brak-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbrak-bushes, undergrowth
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer

via Swedish förlust

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishförlusta loss (being defeated)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic brak- →