Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *bregdanąScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_bregdaną
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The Indo-European dh-Determinative in GermanicWinfred P.LehmannLanguage182125–1321942
verbStrong class 3to flicker, flutter, jerk, tug (on), twitch, flinch, move, swingLikely from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréḱ-dʰ-e/o-, a *-dʰ-extension of bʰréḱ-e/o- (> *brehaną (‘to flicker, glitter; light up; blink’) Lehmann 1942: 128. Ultimately from root *bʰreḱ- (‘to shine’). Possibly related to *braguz (‘one who is first or foremost, a premier, chief, leader, prince’).