brit
English
/bɹɪt/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To break in pieces; divide.
- (transitive) To bruise; indent.
- (intransitive) To fall out or shatter (as overripe hops or grain).
- (intransitive) To fade away; alter.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English brytten inherited from Old English brittian inherited from Proto-Germanic *brutjaną (divide, break) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewd- (break).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰrewd-
Gloss
break
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
- brittle English
- brittle star English
- brittlebush English
- brittlegill English
- brittlely English
- brittleness English
- brittlestem English
- brittly English
- embrittle English
- nonbrittle English
- frit Latin
- *bʰrewd- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰrews- Proto-Indo-European
- *breutaną Proto-Germanic
- *brutjaną Proto-Germanic
- avbryta Swedish
- bryta Swedish
- brytare Swedish
- brytning Swedish
- isbrytare Swedish
- ombryta Swedish
- äktenskapsbryterska Swedish
- brittian Old English
- britel Middle English
- brytten Middle English
- bryti Old Norse
- afbryde Danish
- bryde Danish
- brydning Danish
- bølgebryder Danish
- mønsterbryder Danish
- britar Galician
- britar Old Portuguese
- brȳta, bryta Old Swedish
- *brūda Proto-Albanian
- bryti Old Danish