berstan
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to break, shatter, burst
Etymology
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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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- biodebris English
- burst English
- debris English
- debrite English
- palynodebris English
- brisāre, briso Latin
- Gebresten German
- bersten German
- zerbersten German
- débris French
- φάρσος Ancient Greek
- *bʰres- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰrest- Proto-Indo-European
- briste Norwegian Bokmål
- *brasō Proto-Germanic
- *brestaną Proto-Germanic
- *brustanaz Proto-Germanic
- *tebrestaną Proto-Germanic
- brista Swedish
- forberstan Old English
- toberstan Old English
- bersten Middle English
- forbersten Middle English
- bris Irish
- bresta Old Norse
- briste Danish
- brisier Old French
- debrisier Old French
- bresta Icelandic
- brestan Old High German
- brisid Old Irish
- bris Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- bresta Faroese
- brish Manx
- bresten Middle High German
- briser Middle French
- *brasa gmw-pro
- brestan Old Dutch
- *brestā Proto-Celtic
- bersten Middle Low German
- brestan Old Saxon
- tebrestan Old Saxon
- brista Old Swedish
- brest Westrobothnian
- *bristan Frankish
- *bristijan Frankish
- barste Western Frisian
- bersta Old Frisian
- basten Low German
- baast North Frisian