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Old English brecan (cognate)
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Middle French broier (inherited)
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Old French breier (inherited)
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Old French breer (mention)
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Old French brier (mention)
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Old High German brehhan (cognate)
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Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (root)
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Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (derived)
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English break (cognate)