Where does “brot” come from?

brot (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.

brot (Old Dutch): bread, food

Definitions

  1. bread, food

Ancestry of “brot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicbraudbread
2EnglishBerwald—
3Proto-West Germanicberōbear
4Proto-Germanicberôbear
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰerH-to pierce; to strike; brown
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰerH- →