Where does “bredde” come from?

bredde (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse breidd, from Proto-Germanic braidiþō, from Proto-Germanic -iþō, from Proto-Indo-European -iteh₂ — -th.

bredde (Norwegian Bokmål): wide, breadth, width (compare bred/brei), across, depth

Definitions

  1. wide, breadth, width (compare bred/brei), across, depth

Ancestry of “bredde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsebreiddbreadth
2Proto-Germanicbraidiþōbreadth
3Proto-Germanic-iþō-ness, -th
4Proto-Indo-European-iteh₂-th

Words derived from “bredde”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iteh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic -iþō →Every word from Proto-Germanic braidiþō →
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