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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-.
Pronunciation
Verb
*brekaną
- to break
Inflection
Conjugation of
*brekaną (strong class 4)
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*brekan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 75
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*brekanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 55
- ^ Seebold, Elmar (1970) “BREK-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 132