Where does “breedte” come from?

breedte (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.

breedte (Dutch): width; latitude

Definitions

  1. width; latitude

Ancestry of “breedte”, step by step

breedte 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 te

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchtetoo; to; located at, in, on
2Middle Dutchteat, in; to, towards; at, during
3Old Dutchte—
4Proto-Germanictato
5Proto-Germanictōto
6Proto-Indo-EuropeandeEmphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...

Words derived from “breedte”

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