Low German breken

← Danish brække (cognate)

← German brechen (cognate)

← English break (cognate)

← West Frisian brekke (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *brekaną (inherited)

← Middle Low German brēken (inherited)

← Proto-West Germanic *brekan (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (root)

← Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (derived)

← Dutch breken (cognate)

← Old Saxon brekan (inherited)

← Plautdietsch bräken (cognate)

→ English break (cognate)

→ English break (link)