Where does “bred” come from?

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

bred (Old Saxon): broad, wide

Definitions

  1. broad, wide

Ancestry of “bred”, step by step

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

Words derived from “bred”

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