Where does “brōþor” come from?

brōþor (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic brōþer, from Proto-Germanic brōþēr, from Proto-Indo-European bʰréh₂tēr — brother.

brōþor (Old English): brother

Definitions

  1. brother

Ancestry of “brōþor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicbrōþerbrother
2Proto-Germanicbrōþērbrother
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰréh₂tērbrother

Words derived from “brōþor”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰréh₂tēr →Every word from Proto-Germanic brōþēr →Every word from Proto-West Germanic brōþer →