Where does “Breezand” come from?

Breezand (Dutch) 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.

Ancestry of “Breezand”, step by step

Breezand traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch breed

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbreedbroad, wide
2Dutchspoortrack; railway track; trace
3Middle Dutchspor
4Old Dutchsportrack, trace
5Proto-West Germanic*spor
6Proto-Germanicspurątrack
7Proto-Indo-EuropeansperH-to kick

via Dutch zand

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchzandsand
2Middle Dutchsant
3Old Dutchsantsand
4Norwegian Nynorsksamdin agreement
5Proto-Germanicsamdazsand
6Proto-Indo-Europeansámh₂dʰossand
7Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sperH-
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