Where does “*brōt” come from?

*brōt (Old Dutch) comes 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.

Ancestry of “*brōt”, step by step

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

Words derived from “*brōt”

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