Where does “אויסברעכן” come from?

אויסברעכן (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish ברעכן, from Middle High German brëchen, from Old High German brehhan, from Proto-West Germanic brekan, from Proto-Germanic brekaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- — to shine, shimmer.

אויסברעכן (Yiddish): to vomit

Definitions

  1. to vomit

Ancestry of “אויסברעכן”, step by step

אויסברעכן traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish ברעכן

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishברעכןto break; to twist or wring; to vomit
2Middle High Germanbrëchento break
3Old High Germanbrehhanto break
4Proto-West Germanicbrekanto break
5Proto-Germanicbrekanąto break
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer

via Yiddish אויס

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishאויסover, finished
2Old High Germanūzout
3Proto-West Germanic*ūtout, outward
4Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
5Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic brekaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic brekan →