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Where does “brūd” come from?

brūd (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic *brūdi, from Proto-Germanic brūdiz — bride.

Ancestry of “brūd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*brūdi—
2Proto-Germanicbrūdizbride

Words derived from “brūd”

  • bruid
  • importbruid
  • bruidsbed
  • bruidsjurk
  • bruut
  • bruut
  • bruid
Every word from Proto-Germanic brūdiz →