Where does “breiddargráða” come from?

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

breiddargráða (Icelandic): degree of latitude

Definitions

  1. degree of latitude

Ancestry of “breiddargráða”, step by step

breiddargráða traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic breidd

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicbreiddbreadth, width; latitude
2Old Norsebreiddbreadth
3Proto-Germanicbraidiþōbreadth
4Proto-Germanic-iþō-ness, -th
5Proto-Indo-European-iteh₂-th

via Icelandic gráða

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicgráðadegree
2Latingradusa step, pace; a stage, degree; a rank
3Proto-Italicgraðus—
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʰradʰ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iteh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic -iþō →Every word from Proto-Germanic braidiþō →