Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “bʰerw-”

342 words across 65 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European bʰerw- — including bread, bridge, drawbridge, breadwinner, Bridger, bridgehead, breadcrumbs, breadfruit.

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English (101)

German (34)

Dutch (23)

Norwegian Bokmål (14)

Norwegian Nynorsk (13)

Swedish (11)

Danish (8)

Icelandic (8)

Yiddish (7)

Old English (6)

Old Dutch (5)

Old High German (5)

Middle English (5)

Polish (4)

Armenian (4)

Old Armenian (4)

French (3)

Middle Dutch (3)

Old Frisian (3)

Volapük (3)

Hungarian (3)

Luxembourgish (3)

Hunsrik (3)

Proto-Germanic (3)

Old Norse (3)

Pennsylvania German (3)

Finnish (3)

Saterland Frisian (3)

Middle High German (3)

West Frisian (2)

Afrikaans (2)

Old Danish (2)

North Frisian (2)

Central Franconian (2)

Faroese (2)

Old Swedish (2)

Fiji Hindi (2)

Vilamovian (2)

Tok Pisin (2)

Old Saxon (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Scots (2)

Proto-West Germanic (2)

Middle Low German (2)

Italian (1)

Russian (1)

Czech (1)

Crimean Gothic (1)

Proto-Indo-European (1)

Georgian (1)

Japanese (1)

Gothic (1)

Samoan Plantation Pidgin (1)

Korean (1)

Elfdalian (1)

German Low German (1)

Galician (1)

Spanish (1)

Old Portuguese (1)

Alemannic German (1)

Portuguese (1)

Thai (1)

Yola (1)

Middle Norwegian (1)

Sranan Tongo (1)

Words from Proto-Indo-European bʰerw- — 342 descendants | Etymology Explorer