Brot

German (Berlin)

/bʁoːt/

noun
Definitions
  • (usually) bread
  • (countable) loaf of bread
  • (countable) slice of bread; sandwich
  • (uncountable) livelihood, subsistence

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German brōt inherited from Old High German brōt inherited from Proto-Germanic *braudą (cooked food, leavened bread, piece, bread, fragment) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrew- (boil, seethe).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰrew-

Gloss

boil, seethe

Concept
Semantic Field

Food and drink

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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