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Where does “breidd” come from?

breidd (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse breidd, from Proto-Germanic braidiþō, from Proto-Germanic -iþō, from Proto-Indo-European -iteh₂ — -th.

breidd (Icelandic): breadth, width; latitude

Definitions

  1. breadth, width; latitude

Ancestry of “breidd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsebreiddbreadth
2Proto-Germanicbraidiþōbreadth
3Proto-Germanic-iþō-ness, -th
4Proto-Indo-European-iteh₂-th

Words derived from “breidd”

  • breiddargráða
  • breiddarleit
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