breken
Middle English
/ˈbrɛːkən/
verb
Definitions
- to break
Etymology
Inherited from Old English brecan (break) inherited from *brekan inherited from Proto-Germanic *brekaną (break) root from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (break, crack, split).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰreg-
Gloss
break, crack, split
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
- beambreak English
- bebreak English
- bio-break English
- brake pedal English
- break English
- break loose English
- break off English
- break-bones English
- break-promise English
- break-vow English
- breakability English
- breakable English
- breakage English
- breakaway English
- breakbeat English
- breakbone English
- breakcore English
- breakdance English
- breakdancing English
- breaker English
- breaker bar English
- breakest English
- breaketh English
- breakface English
- breakfast English
- breakfront English
- breakle English
- breakless English
- breakly English
- breakneck English
- breakoff English
- breakopen English
- breakpoint English
- breakproof English
- breakstone English
- breakthrough English
- breakthru English
- breaktime English
- breakup English
- breakwater English
- breakwind English
- breaky English
- brickle English
- brokeback English
- crossbreak English
- diffraction English
- firebreak English
- forbreak English
- heartbreak English
- housebreak English
- inbreak English
- jailbreak English
- lunchbreak English
- microbreak English
- midterm break English
- mini-break English
- minibreak English
- nanobreak English
- newsbreak English
- nightbreak English
- outbreak English
- overbreak English
- prebreak English
- rebreak English
- refract English
- refraction English
- refringence English
- shelfbreak English
- stonebreak English
- strikebreak English
- sunbreak English
- tiebreak English
- tobreak English
- un-break English
- unbreak English
- unbreakable English
- underbreak English
- upbreak English
- waterbreak English
- windbreak English
- word break English
- breikata Finnish
- confringere Latin
- diffractus Latin
- fractio Latin
- fractura Latin
- fractūra Latin
- fragilis Latin
- fragmentum Latin
- frangere Latin
- frango Latin
- frāctura Latin
- frāctus Latin
- frāctūra Latin
- infractio Latin
- infringere Latin
- refrenare Latin
- brechen German
- erbrechen German
- break Italian
- breken Dutch, Flemish
- break French
- *bʰreHg- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰreg- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰrāg- Proto-Indo-European
- *brak- Proto-Germanic
- *brekaną Proto-Germanic
- *brekō Proto-Germanic
- *brukanaz Proto-Germanic
- *brukka- Proto-Germanic
- *brukkô Proto-Germanic
- ブレイク Japanese
- abrecan Old English
- bebrecan Old English
- brecan Old English
- brecþ Old English
- forbrecan Old English
- gebrecan Old English
- healfbrocen Old English
- inbrecan Old English
- oferbrecan Old English
- tobrecan Old English
- þurhbrecan Old English
- atbreken Middle English
- brai Middle English
- brekefast Middle English
- fast Middle English
- broiier Old French
- răsfrânge Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- brehhan Old High German
- brocchōn Old High German
- 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌺𐌰 Gothic
- *brekan gmw-pro
- *brecan Old Dutch
- brejo Old Portuguese
- breken Middle Low German
- brekan Old Saxon
- *brekan Frankish
- breka Old Frisian
- bruk Tok Pisin
- brukim Tok Pisin
- *breg(i)štā Proto-Albanian
- بريك Gulf Arabic
- bruck Jamaican Creole