Where does “brot” come from?

brot (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic brutą, from Proto-Germanic breutaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrewd- — to break.

Ancestry of “brot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbrutąthat which is broken off e.g. piece, fragment etc
2Proto-Germanicbreutanąto destroy, crush, break
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrewd-to break

Words derived from “brot”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrewd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic breutaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic brutą →
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