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

width; latitude

Ancestry of “breedte”, step by step

breedte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch breed

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Dutch	breed	broad, wide
2	Dutch	spoor	track; railway track; trace
3	Middle Dutch	spor	—
4	Old Dutch	spor	track, trace
5	Proto-West Germanic	*spor	—
6	Proto-Germanic	spurą	track
7	Proto-Indo-European	sperH-	to kick

via Dutch te

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Dutch	te	too; to; located at, in, on
2	Middle Dutch	te	at, in; to, towards; at, during
3	Old Dutch	te	—
4	Proto-Germanic	ta	to
5	Proto-Germanic	tō	to
6	Proto-Indo-European	de	Emphatic 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 →