Where does “Brotbäcker” come from?
Brotbäcker (German) comes from German brōt, 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.
Brotbäcker (German): baker (of mainly bread), bread-baker male or of unspecified gender
Definitions
- baker (of mainly bread), bread-baker male or of unspecified gender
Ancestry of “Brotbäcker”, step by step
Brotbäcker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German brōt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | brōt | bread |
| 2 | Middle High German | brōt | bread |
| 3 | Old High German | brōt | bread |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | braud | bread |
| 5 | English | Berwald | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | berō | bear |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | berô | bear |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰerH- | to pierce; to strike; brown |
via German Bäcker
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Bäcker | baker; agent noun of backen |
| 2 | Middle High German | becker | — |
| 3 | Old High German | beckeri | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | bakārijaz | One who creates baked goods; baker |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |