Where does “bryk” come from?

bryk (Vilamovian) comes from Luxembourgish Bruck, from English break, from Middle English breken, from Old English brecan, from Proto-West Germanic brekan, from Proto-Germanic brekaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- — to shine, shimmer.

bryk (Vilamovian): bridge

Definitions

  1. bridge

Ancestry of “bryk”, step by step

bryk traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Luxembourgish Bruck

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishBruckspawn
2EnglishbreakTo separate into two or more pieces, to fracture...
3Middle Englishbrekento break
4Old Englishbrecanto break; to break into a place
5Proto-West Germanicbrekanto break
6Proto-Germanicbrekanąto break
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer

via Middle High German brücke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanbrückebridge
2Old High Germanbruggabridge
3Proto-West Germanicbruggjubridge
4Proto-Germanicbrugjǭbridge
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰerw-to boil, brew

via Polish brykać

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishbrykaćto caper, to cavort, to gambol, to frolic, to prance, to romp
2Proto-Slavic*brykati—

Words derived from “bryk”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic brekaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic brekan →