Where does “Brootkjarscht” come from?

Brootkjarscht (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Broot, from Middle Low German brôt, from Old Saxon brōd, 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.

Brootkjarscht (Plautdietsch): breadcrust

Definitions

  1. breadcrust

Ancestry of “Brootkjarscht”, step by step

Brootkjarscht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Broot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschBrootbread, loaf
2Middle Low Germanbrôt—
3Old Saxonbrōd—
4Proto-West Germanicbraudbread
5EnglishBerwald—
6Proto-West Germanicberōbear
7Proto-Germanicberôbear
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰerH-to pierce; to strike; brown

via Plautdietsch Kjarscht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschKjarschtcrust
2Middle Low Germankorste—
3LatincrustaThe hard surface of a body; rind, shell, crust,...
4Proto-Italic*krustos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeankrustóshardened
6Proto-Indo-Europeankrews-to form a crust, begin to freeze
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰerH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic berô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic berō →
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