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 berô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic berō →