briste
Norwegian
verb
Definitions
- to burst; to break; to snap
- to fail
- to crack; to rupture
- to give way
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse bresta (break, burst) derived from Danish briste inherited from Proto-Germanic *brestaną (burst, break, rupture) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (burst, break, crack, separate, split).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰres-
Gloss
burst, break, crack, separate, split
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Gebresten German
- bersten German
- zerbersten German
- φάρσος Ancient Greek
- *bʰres- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰrest- Proto-Indo-European
- *brasō Proto-Germanic
- *brestaną Proto-Germanic
- *brustanaz Proto-Germanic
- berstan Old English
- forberstan Old English
- toberstan Old English
- bersten Middle English
- bresta Old Norse
- briste Danish
- bresta Icelandic
- brestan Old High German
- brisid Old Irish
- bresta Faroese
- bresten Middle High German
- *brasa gmw-pro
- brestan Old Dutch
- *brestā Proto-Celtic
- brestan Old Saxon
- brista Old Swedish
- brest Westrobothnian
- *bristan Frankish
- *bristijan Frankish
- bersta Old Frisian