Where does “Roggenbrot” come from?

Roggenbrot (German) comes from German Roggen, from German rocken, from Middle High German rocke, from Old High German rocko, from Proto-West Germanic *rokkō, from Proto-Germanic rukkô, from Proto-Indo-European rukn-, from Proto-Indo-European ruk-.

Roggenbrot (German): roggenbrot, rye bread

Definitions

  1. roggenbrot, rye bread

Ancestry of “Roggenbrot”, step by step

Roggenbrot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Roggen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRoggenrye
2Germanrockento get done, to accomplish
3Middle High Germanrocke—
4Old High Germanrockorye; spinning wheel
5Proto-West Germanic*rokkō—
6Proto-Germanicrukkôspinning wheel, distaff
7Proto-Indo-Europeanrukn-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanruk-—

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

Words derived from “Roggenbrot”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ruk- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European rukn- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rukkô →