Where does “bred” come from?

bred (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse breiðr, from Proto-Germanic braidaz — broad, wide.

bred (Norwegian Bokmål): wide, broad

Definitions

  1. wide, broad

Ancestry of “bred”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsebreiðrbroad
2Proto-Germanicbraidazbroad, wide

Words derived from “bred

Every word from Proto-Germanic braidazEvery word from Old Norse breiðr