Where does “braut” come from?

braut (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic brautō, from Proto-Germanic breutaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrewd- — to break.

braut (Old Norse): road, cleared path

Definitions

  1. road, cleared path

Ancestry of “braut”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbrautō—
2Proto-Germanicbreutanąto destroy, crush, break
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrewd-to break

Words derived from “braut”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrewd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic breutaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic brautō →