Where does “brakfis” come from?

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

brakfis (Swedish): a loud fart

Definitions

  1. a loud fart

Ancestry of “brakfis”, step by step

brakfis 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 fis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishfisa fart
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- →