Where does “bride” come from?
bride (Middle English) comes from Old English brȳd, from Proto-West Germanic *brūdi, from Proto-Germanic brūdiz — bride.
bride (Middle English): a bride; a woman recently married or to be...
Definitions
- a bride; a woman recently married or to be...
Ancestry of “bride”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | brȳd | bride |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *brūdi | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | brūdiz | bride |
Words derived from “bride”