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Kartvelian etymology :
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Proto-Kartvelian: *breg
Russian meaning: стучать, колотить
English meaning: to knock, hammer
Georgian: breg, brag-
Georgian meaning (Rus.): стучать, колотить; bragun 'грохот'
Georgian meaning (Engl.): to knock, hammer; bragun 'rumble'
Megrel: burg-; burgon- 'dull rumble'
Svan: bǝrgǝn- ( < Megr.?)
Laz: brang
Laz meaning (Rus.): стучать (ногами)
Laz meaning (Eng.): to beat upon (with the feet)
Notes and references: EWK 60. Ср. ПИЕ *bhragh- 'ломать'.
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Eurasiatic: *bVrgV
Meaning: to hit, break
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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *bhrag'- / -e-
Meaning: to break
Old Indian: giri-bhráj- `breaking forth from mountains'
Latin: frangō, -ere, frēgī, frāctum `brechen, zerbrechen; beugen, erschüttern', fragilis `zerbrechlich'
Russ. meaning: ломать
References: WP II 200
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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *brikan- vb., *brukēn, *brakō(n); *brika-n
Meaning: break
Gothic: *brikan st. `break, destroy'; ga-bruka f. (ō) `crumb'; *us-bruknan wk. `be broken off'
Old Norse: brek n. `Begierde; List, Trug'
Norwegian: brek `Begierde'
Old English: brekan `brechen'; bryce m. `das Brechen, Brocken'; (ge)brec `Geräusch'
English: break
Old Frisian: breka vb.
Old Saxon: bruki 'Riss'; brekan `brechen'; mūr-braka `stormram'
Middle Dutch: brēken; brāke `verbreken, gemis, braakland, werktuig voor vlasbreken'
Dutch: breken; braak f.; { gebrek `Mangel' }
Old Franconian: brecan
Middle Low German: brak m. `Bruch, Gebrechen, Schade'; brāke `braakland, werktuig voor vlasbraken'; brek `Gebrechen, Mangel'; brȫke 'Bruch, Spalt, Abfall, Mangel, Vergehen, Geldbusse'
Old High German: brehhan (8.Jh.) `brechen, reissen, vernichten'; bruh `Bruch, Riss, abgebrochenes Stück, Ausbruch' (8./9.Jh.); brocko `gebrochenes'; brāhha `Umbrechen, erstes Pflügen des Ackers' (Hs. 12. Jh.)
Middle High German: brëchen st. intr. 'entzwei brechen, zerbrechrn', tr. 'brechen, reissen, pflücken, losbrechen'; brāche st. f. `Umbrechung des Bodens, nach der Erde ungebrochen liegendes unbesätes Land'; bruch st. m. 'Bruch, Riss, abgebrochenes Stück, Mangel, Vergehen'
German: brechen, Brache f., Bruch m., Brocken
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