brehhan
Old High German
verb
Definitions
- to break
Etymology
Inherited from *brekan inherited from Proto-Germanic *brekaną (break) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (break, crack, split), *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
- 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
- Brachet German
- brechen German
- erbrechen German
- breken Dutch, Flemish
- broyage French
- broyer French
- broyeur French
- bregar Spanish, Castilian
- *bʰreHg- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰreg- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰrāg- Proto-Indo-European
- *brak- Proto-Germanic
- *brekaną Proto-Germanic
- *brekō Proto-Germanic
- *brukanaz Proto-Germanic
- *brukka- Proto-Germanic
- *brukkô Proto-Germanic
- abrecan Old English
- bebrecan Old English
- brecan Old English
- brecþ Old English
- forbrecan Old English
- gebrecan Old English
- healfbrocen Old English
- inbrecan Old English
- oferbrecan Old English
- tobrecan Old English
- þurhbrecan Old English
- brai Middle English
- breken Middle English
- broiier Old French
- breigar Galician
- răsfrânge Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- brocchōn Old High German
- brechen Middle High German
- brëchen Middle High German
- brāchōt Middle High German
- Briecheisen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- abriechen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ausbriechen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- briechen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- broier Middle French
- 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌺𐌰 Gothic
- ברעכן Yiddish
- *brekan gmw-pro
- *brecan Old Dutch
- brejo Old Portuguese
- breken Middle Low German
- brēken Middle Low German
- praachot Cimbrian
- afbrekan Old Saxon
- bibrekan Old Saxon
- brekan Old Saxon
- tebrekan Old Saxon
- *brekan Frankish
- breka Old Frisian
- sbregar Venetian
- *breg(i)štā Proto-Albanian
- prochet Mòcheno
- brääche Central Franconian
- bricola prv