From Middle High German brōt , from Old High German brōt (attested since the 8th century), from Proto-West Germanic * braud , from Proto-Germanic * braudą , from Proto-Indo-European * bʰrew- ( “ to seethe, to boil ” ) . Cognate with German Brot , English bread .
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1888; pinned HTML transcription updated October 28, 2024Brod
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From Middle High German and Old High German brōt , from Proto-West Germanic * braud .
See the main entry. The -d may be from Low German and West Central German influence, but may also be a mainly graphic development due to the relatively rare occurrence of inflected forms (interchangeable Brot ~ Brodt ~ Brod and then by analogy also Brodes etc.).
From Middle High German brod , from Old High German brod , broth , from Proto-West Germanic * broþ .
Inherited from Central Franconian Brot .
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