Where does “Brotkrume” come from?
Brotkrume (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.
Brotkrume (German): breadcrumb
Definitions
- breadcrumb
Ancestry of “Brotkrume”, step by step
Brotkrume 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 krume
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | krume | the soft part of a baked good which is inside the crust; the crumb |
| 2 | Middle High German | krume | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | krumô | crumb, fragment |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | grū-mo- | something scraped together, lumber, junk; to... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |