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

brūd traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic *brūdi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*brūdibride
2Proto-Germanicbrūdizbride

via West Germanic *brūdi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1West Germanic*brūdi—

Words derived from “brūd”

Every word from Proto-Germanic brūdiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *brūdi →