Where does “breadstuff” come from?
breadstuff (English) comes from English bread, from Middle English bred, from Old English bred, from Old English -en, from Old Norse -inn, from Proto-Norse -īna-, from Proto-Germanic -īnaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos — adjectival suffix.
breadstuff (English): Any of the ingredients for making bread, especially as commodities in trade and especially the principal ones, namely, flour and meal or the grain with which to mill it (such as wheat, oats, rye, or any other cereal grain)
Definitions
- Any of the ingredients for making bread, especially as commodities in trade and especially the principal ones, namely, flour and meal or the grain with which to mill it (such as wheat, oats, rye, or any other cereal grain)
Ancestry of “breadstuff”, step by step
breadstuff traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bread
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bread | A foodstuff made by baking dough made from... |
| 2 | Middle English | bred | bread, pastry; food, nourishment |
| 3 | Old English | bred | surface; plank, board; table, tablet |
| 4 | Old English | -en | mæġþ + API → mæġden; cocc + API → cycen, cicen;... |
| 5 | Old Norse | -inn | Used to create adjectives from nouns, meaning... |
| 6 | Proto-Norse | -īna- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -īnaz | -en |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |