Words that come from Proto-West Germanic braid

335 words across 53 languages descend from Proto-West Germanic braid — including broad, bright, abroad, broadcast, broadly, brood, brooding, broadband.

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English (176)

German (31)

Dutch (29)

Finnish (7)

Middle English (6)

North Frisian (5)

Middle Dutch (4)

French (4)

Polish (4)

Tagalog (4)

Old Dutch (3)

Old English (3)

Plautdietsch (3)

Romanian (3)

Cebuano (3)

Russian (3)

Japanese (3)

West Frisian (2)

Old High German (2)

Yiddish (2)

Pennsylvania German (2)

Low German (2)

Swedish (2)

East Central German (2)

Bulgarian (2)

Afrikaans (1)

Italian (1)

Norwegian (1)

Icelandic (1)

Chinese (1)

Yola (1)

Central Franconian (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Persian (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Portuguese (1)

Spanish (1)

Middle High German (1)

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Vilamovian (1)

Sranan Tongo (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

Hunsrik (1)

Swahili (1)

Azerbaijani (1)

Ido (1)

Ukrainian (1)

Hebrew (1)

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Georgian (1)

Korean (1)