Where does “bretaro” come from?

bretaro (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto breto, from Yiddish ברעט, from Middle High German bret, from Old High German bret, from Proto-West Germanic *bred, from Proto-Germanic bredą, from Proto-Germanic bʰredʰóm, from Proto-Indo-European bʰer-dʰ- — to bear, carry.

bretaro (Esperanto): set of shelves; rack

Definitions

  1. set of shelves; rack

Ancestry of “bretaro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantobretoshelf
2Yiddishברעטboard
3Middle High Germanbreta board, a plank
4Old High Germanbret—
5Proto-West Germanic*bred—
6Proto-Germanicbredąboard, plank, shelf
7Proto-Germanicbʰredʰóm—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰer-dʰ-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰer-to bear, carry
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰer-dʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bʰredʰóm →