Where does “brôot” come from?

brôot (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch *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.

brôot (Middle Dutch): bread

Definitions

  1. bread

Ancestry of “brôot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutch*brōt—
2Proto-West Germanicbraudbread
3EnglishBerwald—
4Proto-West Germanicberōbear
5Proto-Germanicberôbear
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰerH-to pierce; to strike; brown

Words derived from “brôot”

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