Where does “verbreding” come from?

verbreding (Dutch) comes from Dutch verbreden, 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.

verbreding (Dutch): widening (of roads); expansion

Definitions

  1. widening (of roads); expansion

Ancestry of “verbreding”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchverbredento broaden, widen
2Dutchbreedbroad, wide
3Dutchspoortrack; railway track; trace
4Middle Dutchspor—
5Old Dutchsportrack, trace
6Proto-West Germanic*spor—
7Proto-Germanicspurątrack
8Proto-Indo-EuropeansperH-to kick
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sperH- →