brood

Dutch (Brabantic)

/broːt/

noun
Definitions
  • bread
  • (by extension) Similar bakery product or other baked dish
  • (metonymy) livelihood, especially in expressions like dagelijks brood

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch brôot inherited from Old Dutch *brōd inherited from Proto-Germanic *braudą (cooked food, leavened bread, piece, bread, fragment).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*braudą

Gloss

cooked food, leavened bread, piece, bread, fragment

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Person/Thing

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