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Where does “ברעט” come from?

ברעט (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German bret, from Old High German bret, from Proto-West Germanic *bred, from Proto-Germanic bredą, from Proto-Germanic bʰredʰóm, from Proto-Indo-European bʰer-dʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰer- — to bear, carry.

ברעט (Yiddish): board

Definitions

  1. board

Ancestry of “ברעט”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanbret—
2Old High Germanbret—
3Proto-West Germanic*bred—
4Proto-Germanicbredą—
5Proto-Germanicbʰredʰóm—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰer-dʰ-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰer-to bear, carry

Words derived from “ברעט”

  • ברעטל
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰer- →