Where does “Wittbroot” come from?

Wittbroot (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.

Wittbroot (Plautdietsch): white bread

Definitions

  1. white bread

Ancestry of “Wittbroot”, step by step

Wittbroot 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 witt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Plautdietschwittwhite
2Middle Low Germanwit
3Old Saxonhwītwhite
4Proto-Germanic*hwīt
5Proto-Germanichwītazwhite
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱweytosbright; shine; shine; bright
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰerH-Every word from Proto-Germanic berôEvery word from Proto-West Germanic berō
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