broe
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Crimean Gothic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *braudą, whence also Old English brēad (English bread), Old Frisian brād (West Frisian brea), Old Saxon brōd, Dutch brood, Old High German brōt (German Brot), Swedish bröd, Icelandic brauð. Stearns argues that the spelling is a misprint for unattested *broet.[1]
Noun
[edit]broe
- bread
- 1589, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, letter:
- Broe. Panis.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)