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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBrötchena bun, bread roll
2Germanbrōt—
3Middle High Germanbrōt—
4Old High Germanbrōt—
5Proto-West Germanicbraud—
6EnglishBerwald—
7Proto-West Germanicberōbear
8Proto-Germanicberôbear
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰerH-to pierce; to strike; brown
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰerH- →