Where does “Sonntagsbrötchen” come from?

Sonntagsbrötchen (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.

Sonntagsbrötchen (German): a special kind of bread roll, prepared with...

Definitions

  1. a special kind of bread roll, prepared with...

Ancestry of “Sonntagsbrötchen”, step by step

Sonntagsbrötchen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Brötchen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBrötchena bun, bread roll
2Germanbrōtbread
3Middle High Germanbrōtbread
4Old High Germanbrōtbread
5Proto-West Germanicbraudbread
6EnglishBerwald
7Proto-West Germanicberōbear
8Proto-Germanicberôbear
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰerH-to pierce; to strike; brown

via German Sonntag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSonntagSunday
2Middle High GermansunnentacSunday
3Old High GermansunnūntagSunday
4Proto-Germanic*Sunnōn dag
5Latindies Solissun's day
6Latinsōl
7Proto-Indo-Europeansóh₂wl̥sun
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰerH-Every word from Proto-Germanic berôEvery word from Proto-West Germanic berō