Old English Words - The Anglo Saxons

The word brood came from an indo european root word, which meant to warm or heat something. It was applied to the process of incubation, so a hen setting on her eggs,. That's how it became associated with hatchlings and then offspring in general. The anglo saxons also sometimes called a child a lutling, literally a little ling. They also created the term of spring, which became offspring, literally, one who springs off of some one else. And i should note that the process of heating in an oven produced the english word bread, and the latin version of that root word produced the french word brais.