Where does “breda” come from?
breda (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish breþa, from Old Norse breiða, from Proto-Germanic braidijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
breda (Swedish): to spread
Definitions
- to spread
Ancestry of “breda”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Swedish | breþa | to broaden; to spread; to cover |
| 2 | Old Norse | breiða | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | braidijaną | to broaden, make broad, extend |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 7 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |