breek
Afrikaans
verb
Definitions
- to break
Etymology
Derived from Dutch, Flemish breken (break, stem of m) root from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (break, crack, split).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰreg-
Gloss
break, crack, split
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- break English
- breakwater English
- diffraction English
- refract English
- refraction English
- refringence English
- confringere Latin
- diffractus Latin
- fractio Latin
- fractura Latin
- fractūra Latin
- fragilis Latin
- fragmentum Latin
- frangere Latin
- frango Latin
- frāctura Latin
- frāctus Latin
- frāctūra Latin
- infractio Latin
- infringere Latin
- refrenare Latin
- brechen German
- erbrechen German
- aanbreken Dutch, Flemish
- afbreken Dutch, Flemish
- beenbreek Dutch, Flemish
- breekal Dutch, Flemish
- breekbaar Dutch, Flemish
- breekijzer Dutch, Flemish
- breekpunt Dutch, Flemish
- breekvasten Dutch, Flemish
- breekwater Dutch, Flemish
- brekebeen Dutch, Flemish
- breken Dutch, Flemish
- breker Dutch, Flemish
- breking Dutch, Flemish
- doorbreken Dutch, Flemish
- echtbreker Dutch, Flemish
- ijsbreker Dutch, Flemish
- inbreken Dutch, Flemish
- lichtbreking Dutch, Flemish
- onderbreken Dutch, Flemish
- ontbreken Dutch, Flemish
- openbreken Dutch, Flemish
- schokbreker Dutch, Flemish
- uitbreken Dutch, Flemish
- verbreken Dutch, Flemish
- *bʰreHg- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰreg- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰrāg- Proto-Indo-European
- *brak- Proto-Germanic
- *brekaną Proto-Germanic
- *brekō Proto-Germanic
- *brukka- Proto-Germanic
- *brukkô Proto-Germanic
- broiier Old French
- răsfrânge Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- brēken Middle Dutch
- brehhan Old High German
- breekwater Afrikaans
- water Afrikaans
- 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌺𐌰 Gothic
- brejo Old Portuguese
- breka Old Frisian
- *breg(i)štā Proto-Albanian