Where does “beobread” come from?

beobread (Old English) comes from Old English brēad, 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.

beobread (Old English): the pollen of flowers collected by bees and mixed...

Definitions

  1. the pollen of flowers collected by bees and mixed...

Ancestry of “beobread”, step by step

beobread traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English brēad

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbrēadcrumb, bread; bread, food; fragment, bit, morsel,...
2Proto-West Germanicbraudbread
3EnglishBerwald—
4Proto-West Germanicberōbear
5Proto-Germanicberôbear
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰerH-to pierce; to strike; brown

via Old English bēo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old EnglishbēoI become, I will be, I am; bee
2Proto-West Germanic*bijābee
3Proto-Germanicbijōbee
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰī-to hit, to pierce
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰerH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic berô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic berō →