Where does “Krabbenbrot” come from?

Krabbenbrot (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.

Krabbenbrot (German): bread topped with small shrimps; kroepoek

Definitions

  1. bread topped with small shrimps; kroepoek

Ancestry of “Krabbenbrot”, step by step

Krabbenbrot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German brōt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbrōtbread
2Middle High Germanbrōtbread
3Old High Germanbrōtbread
4Proto-West Germanicbraudbread
5EnglishBerwald—
6Proto-West Germanicberōbear
7Proto-Germanicberôbear
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰerH-to pierce; to strike; brown

via German krabbe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankrabbecrab
2Middle Low Germankrabbe—
3Old Saxonkrabbo—
4Proto-West Germanickrabbōcrab
5Proto-Germanickrabbôcrab
6Proto-Germanickrabbōnąto scratch, scrape
7Proto-Indo-Europeangerbʰ-to carve
8Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰerH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic berô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic berō →