Etymology

Ether from 1) older dialectal brydh, from Proto-Albanian *brūdza, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHg- (compare English brook, Serbo-Croatian brusiti ‘to whet’) or 2) from Proto-Albanian *brūda, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreud- ‎(“to break”). Close to Danish bryde ‎(“to break”), Icelandic brytja ‎(“to chop up, break in pieces, slaughter”).