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Where does “breþer” come from?

breþer (Old Swedish) comes from Old Norse breiðr, from Proto-Germanic braidaz — broad, wide.

breþer (Old Swedish): broad, wide

Definitions

  1. broad, wide

Ancestry of “breþer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsebreiðrbroad
2Proto-Germanicbraidazbroad, wide

Words derived from “breþer”

  • bred
Every word from Proto-Germanic braidaz →