Where does “brei” come from?

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

brei (Norwegian Bokmål): wide, broad

Definitions

  1. wide, broad

Ancestry of “brei”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsebreiðrbroad
2Proto-Germanicbraidazbroad, wide

Words derived from “brei”

Every word from Proto-Germanic braidaz →Every word from Old Norse breiðr →