Where does “breed” come from?

breed (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch breed, from Dutch spoor, from Middle Dutch spor, from Old Dutch spor, from Proto-West Germanic *spor, from Proto-Germanic spurą, from Proto-Indo-European sperH- — to kick.

breed (Afrikaans): broad

Definitions

  1. broad

Ancestry of “breed”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbreedbroad, wide
2Dutchspoortrack; railway track; trace
3Middle Dutchspor—
4Old Dutchsportrack, trace
5Proto-West Germanic*spor—
6Proto-Germanicspurątrack
7Proto-Indo-EuropeansperH-to kick
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sperH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spurą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *spor →
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