Where does “Breed” come from?

Breed (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German brêde, from Old Saxon brēda, from Proto-Germanic braidį̄, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Breed (Plautdietsch): breadth, width, latitude

Definitions

  1. breadth, width, latitude

Ancestry of “Breed”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanbrêde—
2Old Saxonbrēda—
3Proto-Germanicbraidį̄breadth
4Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
5Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
6Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic -į̄ →Every word from Proto-Germanic braidį̄ →