berstan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *brestaną (with e-r metathesis in West Germanic), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (to burst, break, crack, split, separate).

Cognate with Old Frisian bersta (West Frisian boarste), Old Saxon brestan (Low German basten), Dutch bersten, barsten, Old High German brestan German bersten), Old Norse bresta (Danish briste, Norwegian Bokmål briste, Swedish brista).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈber.stɑn/, [ˈberˠ.stɑn]

Verb

berstan

  1. to break, shatter, burst

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: bresten, bersten
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