An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/bersten

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
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This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry bersten. Random word Special:RandomInCategory/Annotated entries in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language
2564136An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B — berstenJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

​ bersten, ‘to burst, crack,’ from Middle High German brësten, Old High German brëstan, ‘to break, tear, burst,’ impersonal ‘to be wanting, lacking’; er for re is properly Low German and Middle German; compare Dutch bersten, Anglo-Saxon berstan, English to burst. Compare farther the Aryan root bhrest (cognate with the root of brechen), in Old Irish brissim, ‘I break’ (ss from st).

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