bröst
Swedish
noun
Definitions
- (anatomy) breast; the fleshy organs on the chest of a sexually mature human female
- (anatomy) chest, thorax; the portion of the body from the base of the neck to the top of the abdomen
- bosom
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish bryst inherited from Old Norse brjóst inherited from Proto-Germanic *breustą (chest, breast) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (swell, blow, inflate, break, sprout).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰrews-
Gloss
swell, blow, inflate, break, sprout
Concept
Semantic Field
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- abreast English
- bluebreast English
- breast English
- breast line English
- breastband English
- breastbeam English
- breastbone English
- breasted English
- breastfast English
- breastfeed English
- breastfeeder English
- breastfeeding English
- breastflesh English
- breastful English
- breastgirth English
- breasthook English
- breastie English
- breastknot English
- breastless English
- breastlike English
- breastling English
- breastpin English
- breastplate English
- breastplough English
- breastpoint English
- breastrail English
- breastrope English
- breastshot English
- breaststrap English
- breaststroke English
- breastwear English
- breastwheel English
- breastwork English
- breasty English
- debreast English
- forebreast English
- nonbreast English
- outbreast English
- redbreast English
- unbreast English
- velvetbreast English
- bruscum Latin
- Armbrust German
- Brust German
- Brust schwimmen German
- Brustbeere German
- Brustbehaarung German
- Brustbein German
- Bruststern German
- Brusttasche German
- Brustwarze German
- Entenbrust German
- Graubruststrandläufer German
- Gänsebrust German
- flachbrüstig German
- *bʰrewd- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰrews- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰrus-tós Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰruto- Proto-Indo-European
- bryst Norwegian Bokmål
- *breuskiz Proto-Germanic
- *breustą Proto-Germanic
- *briuskiz Proto-Germanic
- *brustiz Proto-Germanic
- *brusts Proto-Germanic
- bröstfena Swedish
- bröstkota Swedish
- bröstmjölk Swedish
- bröstsmärta Swedish
- bröstvårta Swedish
- fena Swedish
- gul Swedish
- gulbröstad snäppa Swedish
- kota Swedish
- mjölk Swedish
- smärta Swedish
- snäppa Swedish
- vårta Swedish
- ブレスト Japanese
- bryst Norwegian Nynorsk
- brȳsan Old English
- brest Middle English
- bruisen Middle English
- brjóst Old Norse
- bryst Danish
- brystvorte Danish
- brusto Esperanto
- brjóst Icelandic
- brust Old High German
- bróst Faroese
- brust Middle High German
- *breust gmw-pro
- *bruseti Proto-Celtic
- bryst Old Swedish
- briast Old Frisian
- bros Tok Pisin
- *brauša Proto-Albanian