Where does “Frühstücksbrötchen” come from?
Frühstücksbrötchen (German) comes from German Brötchen, 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 — to pierce; to strike; brown.
Frühstücksbrötchen (German): a bread roll to be eaten at breakfast
Definitions
- a bread roll to be eaten at breakfast
Ancestry of “Frühstücksbrötchen”, step by step
Frühstücksbrötchen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Brötchen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Brötchen | a bun, bread roll |
| 2 | German | brōt | bread |
| 3 | Middle High German | brōt | bread |
| 4 | Old High German | brōt | bread |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | braud | bread |
| 6 | English | Berwald | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | berō | bear |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | berô | bear |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰerH- | to pierce; to strike; brown |
via German Frühstück
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Frühstück | breakfast |
| 2 | German | stück | — |
| 3 | Middle High German | stücke | piece |
| 4 | Old High German | stucki | crust, fragment, piece |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | stukkī | piece |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | stukkiją | stump; piece |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewg- | to push, to hit |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |