Where does “breadru” come from?

breadru (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.

Ancestry of “breadru”, step by step

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰerH- →