פּראַכט

'splendor'

ETYMOLOGY

I. Probably borrowed from NHG in the 19th c. MHG braht ; cf. NHG Pracht.
II. Martin Luther helped Pracht to overcome earlier Bracht in Standard NHG.
MHG braht 'noise, commotion', brach 'crash'; from OHG braht, praht.
III. OE breahtm, bearhtm 'cry, noise'. Related to [[ברעכן]].
from PIE ✱bhreǵ- 'to break, crash'; cf. Latin frangere 'to break'.

{DW¹ 13:2042. Pfeiffer EWD "Pracht".}

WESTERN

Switzerland

ə ʋaːri braxt אַ וואָרע פּראַכט {Endingen, Gustav Dreifuss, Fleischer 2005:84}