brista
Old Swedish
verb
Definitions
- to break, burst
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse bresta (break, burst) inherited from Proto-Germanic *brestaną (burst, break, rupture).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*brestaną
Gloss
burst, break, rupture
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
- *bʰres- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰrest- Proto-Indo-European
- briste Norwegian Bokmål
- *brestaną Proto-Germanic
- *brustanaz Proto-Germanic
- brista Swedish
- berstan Old English
- bresta Old Norse
- briste Danish
- bresta Icelandic
- brestan Old High German
- bresta Faroese
- brestan Old Dutch
- brestan Old Saxon
- brest Westrobothnian
- *bristan Frankish
- *bristijan Frankish
- bersta Old Frisian