Where does “brōt” come from?

brōt (German) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European bʰerH- — to pierce; to strike; brown.

brōt (German): bread

Definitions

  1. bread

Ancestry of “brōt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanbrōtbread
2Old High Germanbrōtbread
3Proto-West Germanicbraudbread
4EnglishBerwald—
5Proto-West Germanicberōbear
6Proto-Germanicberôbear
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰerH-to pierce; to strike; brown

Words derived from “brōt”

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