Where does “*brêd” come from?

*brêd (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon bred, from Proto-West Germanic braid, from Proto-Germanic braidaz — broad, wide.

Ancestry of “*brêd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonbredbroad, wide
2Proto-West Germanicbraidbroad, wide
3Proto-Germanicbraidazbroad, wide

Words derived from “*brêd”

Every word from Proto-Germanic braidaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic braid →Every word from Old Saxon bred →