Where does “Brotberuf” come from?
Brotberuf (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.
Brotberuf (German): bread-and-butter job, main job, day job often opposed to more creative, but unprofitable work
Definitions
- bread-and-butter job, main job, day job often opposed to more creative, but unprofitable work
Ancestry of “Brotberuf”, step by step
Brotberuf traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.