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

  1. a bride; a woman recently married or to be...

Ancestry of “bride”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbrȳdbride
2Proto-West Germanic*brūdibride
3Proto-Germanicbrūdizbride

Words derived from “bride”

Every word from Proto-Germanic brūdiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *brūdi →Every word from Old English brȳd →