Where does “brouter” come from?

brouter (French) comes from Luxembourgish Brout, from Central Franconian Brot, from Middle High German brōt, from Old High German brōt, from Proto-West Germanic braud, from English Berwald, from Proto-West Germanic berō, from Proto-Germanic berô — to pierce; to strike; brown.

brouter (French): to graze; to browse; to perform cunnilingus

Definitions

  1. to graze; to browse; to perform cunnilingus

Ancestry of “brouter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishBroutbread
2Central FranconianBrotbread; loaf of bread
3Middle High Germanbrōtbread
4Old High Germanbrōtbread
5Proto-West Germanicbraudbread
6EnglishBerwald—
7Proto-West Germanicberōbear
8Proto-Germanicberôbear
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰerH-to pierce; to strike; brown

Words derived from “brouter”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰerH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic berô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic berō →