Where does “broodroven” come from?
broodroven (Dutch) 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.
broodroven (Dutch): to deny a livelihood, to make it impossible to...
Definitions
- to deny a livelihood, to make it impossible to...
Ancestry of “broodroven”, step by step
broodroven traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch brood
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | brood | Bread; A loaf of bread; A similar bakery product... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | brôot | bread |
| 3 | Old Dutch | *brōt | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | braud | bread |
| 5 | English | Berwald | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | berō | bear |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | berô | bear |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰerH- | to pierce; to strike; brown |
via Dutch roven
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | roven | to rob |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | rôven | to rob, to plunder, to pillage |
| 3 | Old Dutch | rōvon | to steal |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | raubōn | to rob, to steal, to plunder |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | raubōną | to rob, steal, plunder |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrewp- | to break, tear |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrew- | to tear out, dig out, open, acquire |