Where does “brēad” come from?

brēad (Old English) 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.

brēad (Old English): crumb, bread; bread, food; fragment, bit, morsel,...

Definitions

  1. crumb, bread; bread, food; fragment, bit, morsel,...

Ancestry of “brēad”, step by step

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

Words derived from “brēad”

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