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Where does “breġdan” come from?

breġdan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic bregdan, from Proto-Germanic bregdaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēḱ-.

breġdan (Old English): to braid; to move quickly, pull, shake, swing,...

Definitions

  1. to braid; to move quickly, pull, shake, swing,...

Ancestry of “breġdan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicbregdanto move back and forth; to brandish, to draw; to...
2Proto-Germanicbregdanąto flicker, flutter, jerk, tug , twitch, flinch,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēḱ-—

Words derived from “breġdan”

  • breadth
  • braid
  • braiding
  • hairbreadth
  • overbreadth
  • hairsbreadth
  • fingerbreadth
  • unbraid
  • handsbreadth
  • breadthwise
  • braider
  • breadthless
  • rebraid
  • footbreadth
  • braidwork
  • braideth
  • braidlike
  • fingersbreadth
  • braidable
  • embraid
  • breadthen
  • microbraid
  • thumbsbreadth
  • breydynge
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