Etymograph

English

sourbread

From sour + bread.

A compound of sour + bread

Proto-Indo-European *súHros

Proto-Germanic *sūraz

Proto-West Germanic *sūr ‘sour, acidic’

Old English sūr

Middle English sour ‘sour, acidic, bitter’

English sour

Proto-Germanic *braudą

Proto-West Germanic *braud

Old English brēad ‘fragment’

Middle English bred ‘bread’

English bread

Today it means

noun Synonym of sourdough bread.

Sources

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