Where does “brād” come from?

brād (Middle Persian) comes from Old Persian 𐎲𐎼𐎠𐎫𐎠, from Proto-Iranian bráHtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-European bʰréh₂tēr — brother.

Ancestry of “brād”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Persian𐎲𐎼𐎠𐎫𐎠brother
2Proto-IranianbráHtābrother
3Proto-Indo-IranianbʰráHtābrother
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰréh₂tērbrother
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰréh₂tēr →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian bʰráHtā →Every word from Proto-Iranian bráHtā →