brestan
Old High German
verb
Definitions
- to burst
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *brestaną (burst, break, rupture).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*brestaną
Gloss
burst, break, rupture
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
💔
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bersten German
- *bʰres- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰrest- Proto-Indo-European
- *brestaną Proto-Germanic
- *brustanaz Proto-Germanic
- berstan Old English
- forberstan Old English
- toberstan Old English
- bersten Middle English
- bris Irish
- bresta Old Norse
- briste Danish
- brisid Old Irish
- bris Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- brish Manx
- bresten Middle High German
- brestan Old Dutch
- *brestā Proto-Celtic
- brestan Old Saxon
- *bristan Frankish
- *bristijan Frankish
- bersta Old Frisian