Where does “bryta” come from?

bryta (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish brȳta, from Old Norse brjóta, from Proto-Germanic breutaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrewd- — to break.

bryta (Swedish): to break; to end abruptly; cut; to cease...

Definitions

  1. to break; to end abruptly; cut; to cease...

Ancestry of “bryta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishbrȳtato break, crush
2Old Norsebrjótato break; to break open; to destroy, demolish
3Proto-Germanicbreutanąto destroy, crush, break
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrewd-to break

Words derived from “bryta”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrewd- →