Where does “bros” come from?
bros (Tok Pisin) comes from German brūst, from Middle High German brust, from Old High German brūst, from Proto-West Germanic brust, from Proto-Germanic brusts, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrews- — to break.
bros (Tok Pisin): chest
Ancestry of “bros”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | brūst | — |
| 2 | Middle High German | brust | — |
| 3 | Old High German | brūst | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | brust | breast, chest |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | brusts | breast, chest |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrews- | to break |