Where does “brott” come from?

brott (Swedish) comes from Old Norse brot, from Proto-Germanic brutą, from Proto-Germanic breutaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrewd- — to break.

brott (Swedish): a break, a snap; an instance of something...

Definitions

  1. a break, a snap; an instance of something...

Ancestry of “brott”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsebrot—
2Proto-Germanicbrutąthat which is broken off e.g. piece, fragment etc
3Proto-Germanicbreutanąto destroy, crush, break
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrewd-to break

Words derived from “brott”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrewd- →
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