Where does “roggebrood” come from?

roggebrood (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.

roggebrood (Dutch): Rye bread; a loaf of rye bread

Definitions

  1. Rye bread; a loaf of rye bread

Ancestry of “roggebrood”, step by step

roggebrood traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch brood

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

via Dutch rogge

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchroggerye
2Middle Dutchrogge—
3Old Dutchroggo—
4Proto-West Germanicroggōrye
5Proto-Germanicruggôrye
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰerH- →