Where does “breid” come from?

breid (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic braid, from Proto-Germanic braidaz — broad, wide.

Ancestry of “breid”, step by step

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

Words derived from “breid

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