Where does “breed” come from?

breed (Dutch) comes 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 (Dutch): broad, wide

Definitions

  1. broad, wide

Ancestry of “breed”, step by step

breed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch spoor

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

via Middle Dutch brêet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchbrêetbroad, wide
2Old Dutchbrēd—
3Proto-West Germanicbraidbroad, wide
4Proto-Germanicbraidazbroad, wide

Words derived from “breed”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sperH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spurą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *spor →