Where does “Mandelbrot” come from?

Mandelbrot (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.

Mandelbrot (German): almond bread, almond biscuit, biscotto, cantuccio

Definitions

  1. almond bread, almond biscuit, biscotto, cantuccio

Ancestry of “Mandelbrot”, step by step

Mandelbrot 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 mandel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmandelalmond
2Middle High Germanmandel—
3Old High Germanmandalaalmond
4Latinamygdalaalmond tree; almond; tonsil
5Ancient Greekἀμυγδάληalmond; peach stone

Words derived from “Mandelbrot”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰerH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic berô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic berō →
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