būreej

Marshallese

ipa-rows
Definitions
  • a biscuit
  • a cracker

Etymology

Borrowed from English bread (breadth, braid, broadness) derived from Middle English bred derived from Old English brēad (crumb, bread, bit, also bread, morsel, fragment, food) derived from Proto-Germanic *braudą (cooked food, leavened bread, piece, bread, fragment) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerw-.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰerw-

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