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Where does “braird” come from?

braird (English) comes from Scots braird, from Old English brerd, from Proto-West Germanic *breʀd, from Proto-Germanic *brezdaz.

braird (English): The first shoots of grass or crops; Of grass or...

Definitions

  1. The first shoots of grass or crops; Of grass or...

Ancestry of “braird”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scotsbraird—
2Old Englishbrerdedge; spike, corner
3Proto-West Germanic*breʀd—
4Proto-Germanic*brezdaz—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *brezdaz →