Where does “sammanbrott” come from?

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

sammanbrott (Swedish): collapse, breakdown, crash

Definitions

  1. collapse, breakdown, crash

Ancestry of “sammanbrott”, step by step

sammanbrott traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish brott

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishbrotta break, a snap; an instance of something...
2Old Norsebrot—
3Proto-Germanicbrutąthat which is broken off e.g. piece, fragment etc
4Proto-Germanicbreutanąto destroy, crush, break
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrewd-to break

via Swedish samman

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsammantogether
2Old Norsesamantogether; strong masculine accusative singular of...
3Proto-Germanicsamanaiat one; together
4Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrewd- →