Where does “brēd” come from?

brēd (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic braid, from Proto-Germanic braidaz — broad, wide.

Ancestry of “brēd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicbraidbroad, wide
2Proto-Germanicbraidazbroad, wide

Words derived from “brēd”

Every word from Proto-Germanic braidaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic braid →