Where does “brot” come from?

brot (Ambonese Malay) comes from Dutch brood, from Middle Dutch brôot, from Old Dutch *brōt, from Proto-West Germanic braud, from English Berwald, from Proto-West Germanic berō, from Proto-Germanic berô, from Proto-Indo-European bʰerH- — to pierce; to strike; brown.

brot (Ambonese Malay): bread

Definitions

  1. bread

Ancestry of “brot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchbroodBread; A loaf of bread; A similar bakery product...
2Middle Dutchbrôotbread
3Old Dutch*brōt—
4Proto-West Germanicbraudbread
5EnglishBerwald—
6Proto-West Germanicberōbear
7Proto-Germanicberôbear
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰerH-to pierce; to strike; brown
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰerH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic berô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic berō →