Etymonline pushes the date for the parents of brittle even further back, invoking proto-germanic, Old HighGerman and Old Norse.
把brittle的祖先再往前推了不少年份，触及古日耳曼语，古高地德语，以及古斯堪地那维亚语。
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For example, prominent business journals often remark on the "high" cost of German labor, citing as evidence the average amount paid to German workers.