Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *brestanąScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_brestaną
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Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 10/1)RobertBeekesBrill2010Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 9)RankoMatasovićBrill2009aIndogermanisches etymologisches WörterbuchJuliusPokornyFrancke VerlagI1959*brestāfight, combatφάρσοςany piece cut off, portionbraškėtito crack, clatter, make a breaking sound
verbStrong class 3to burst, break, sunder, split, crackUncertain. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrés-t-e/o-, from root *bʰres- (‘to burst, break, crack, crackle, split, separate’) with a t-extension see Pokorny 1959; he also notes reflexes without the -t- and with -k-). Possibly related to PIE root *bʰrews- (‘break’). Possible cognates are Proto-Celtic *brestā (‘fight, combat’) Matasović 2009a and its many reflexes and Lithuanian braškėti (‘to crack, clatter, make a breaking sound’). Beekes 2010 also connects this root to Ancient Greek φάρσος (phársos, ‘any piece cut off, portion’) and Hittite 𒉺-𒅈-𒀸 / 𒉺-𒅈-𒅆 / 𒉺-𒅈-𒅆-𒅀 (pa-ar-aš / pa-ar-ši / pa-ar-ši-ya /parš-//parši-//paršiya-/, ‘to break; crumble; violate a boundary’) and its nominal counterpart, 𒉺-𒅈-𒊭 (pa-ar-ša /parša-/, ‘a morsel or fragment’), which are a good phonological and semantic fit.