Proto-Indo-European

*bʰrews-

‘to swell, sprout’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews-.

11 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews-, most familiar first.

• breast ← brest ← brēost ← *breust ← *breustą
• browse ← browsen ← brouster ← *brust ← *brustiz
• bruise ← bruisen
• brisket ← brusket ← bryske ← brjósk ← *briuskiz
• bryony ← brionie ← brione ← bryōnia ← βρυωνία
• frustum ← *frustom ← *bʰrustós
• frush ← fruscher ← *frustiāre ← frustum ← *frustom
• bryotoxin ← βρύον ← βρύω ← *brusū
• byrnie ← brinie ← brynja ← *brunjǭ ← *brunnyos
• frustule ← frustulum ← frustum ← *frustom ← *bʰrustós
• frustulum ← frustum ← *frustom ← *bʰrustós

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews-