Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “bʰer-dʰ-”

50 words across 17 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European bʰer-dʰ- — including handbreadth, bræt, foderbræt, bert, berd, bred, Briet, schrijfbert.

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German (13)

Norwegian Bokmål (7)

Norwegian Nynorsk (6)

Danish (4)

Middle Dutch (2)

Dutch (2)

Yiddish (2)

Esperanto (2)

Proto-Germanic (2)

Old English (2)

Middle English (2)

English (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Old High German (1)

Middle Low German (1)

Middle High German (1)