Where does “bruut” come from?

bruut (Middle Dutch) comes from Old French brut, from Latin brūtus, from Proto-Indo-European gʷréh₂us, from Proto-Indo-European -us — Forms adjectives from Caland system roots.

Ancestry of “bruut”, step by step

bruut traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French brut

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbrut—
2Latinbrūtus—
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷréh₂usheavy
4Proto-Indo-European-usForms adjectives from Caland system roots

via Old Dutch brūd

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchbrūd—
2Proto-West Germanic*brūdibride
3Proto-Germanicbrūdizbride

Words derived from “bruut”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -us →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷréh₂us →Every word from Latin brūtus →