break

Etymology

In Middle English breken, breke, (brec, brek, breek), from Old English brecan (bricþ, pa. t. bræc, bræcon, pa. ppl. brocen.

Cognate with Old Frisian breka, Old Saxon brekan, Old High German brehhan, Gothic brikan.

Old Germanic stem brek-, from Indo-European bhreg-.
Cognate with Latin frag-.