brjóta
Old Norse
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to break
- (transitive) to break open
- (transitive) to destroy, demolish
- (transitive) to break, violate, transgress
- (transitive) to force, compel
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *breutaną.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*breutaną
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *bʰrewd- Proto-Indo-European
- avbryte Norwegian Bokmål
- bryte Norwegian Bokmål
- bryter Norwegian Bokmål
- bryting Norwegian Bokmål
- nedbryte Norwegian Bokmål
- panserbrytende Norwegian Bokmål
- *brautō Proto-Germanic
- *breutaną Proto-Germanic
- *brutōjaną Proto-Germanic
- bryta Swedish
- braut Norwegian Nynorsk
- bryta Norwegian Nynorsk
- breotan Old English
- braut Old Norse
- brautingi Old Norse
- braut Icelandic
- breyta Icelandic
- breytilegur Icelandic
- breyting Icelandic
- brjóta Icelandic
- hryggbrjóta Icelandic
- stigbreyta Icelandic
- straumbreytir Icelandic
- breyt Faroese
- bróta Faroese
- bryta Old Swedish
- brȳta, bryta Old Swedish
- brut Westrobothnian