Where does “ברעכער” come from?

ברעכער (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.

ברעכער (Yiddish): breaker

Definitions

  1. breaker

Ancestry of “ברעכער”, step by step

ברעכער 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 ־ער

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddish־ער-er
2Middle High German-er—
3Old Dutch-iro—
4Proto-Bantuì-Class 5 noun prefix

Words derived from “ברעכער”

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