Where does “breet” come from?

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

breet (Pennsylvania German): broad, wide

Definitions

  1. broad, wide

Ancestry of “breet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanbreit—
2Old High Germanbreitbroad, large
3Proto-West Germanicbraidbroad, wide
4Proto-Germanicbraidazbroad, wide

Words derived from “breet”

Every word from Proto-Germanic braidaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic braid →Every word from Old High German breit →
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