Where does “Breeding” come from?

Breeding (Pennsylvania German) comes from Pennsylvania German breet, from Middle High German breit, from Old High German breit, from Proto-West Germanic braid, from Proto-Germanic braidaz — broad, wide.

Breeding (Pennsylvania German): width, breadth

Definitions

  1. width, breadth

Ancestry of “Breeding”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Pennsylvania Germanbreetbroad, wide
2Middle High Germanbreit—
3Old High Germanbreitbroad, large
4Proto-West Germanicbraidbroad, wide
5Proto-Germanicbraidazbroad, wide
Every word from Proto-Germanic braidaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic braid →Every word from Old High German breit →