Where does “picgbread” come from?

picgbread (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.

picgbread (Old English): glans, mast, acorns; fodder for hogs

Definitions

  1. glans, mast, acorns; fodder for hogs

Ancestry of “picgbread”, step by step

picgbread 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 picga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishpicgaa young pig; piglet
2Proto-West Germanicpiggōpig
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰerH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic berô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic berō →