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Where does “bredd” come from?

bredd (Swedish) comes from Old Norse breidd, from Proto-Germanic braidiþō, from Proto-Germanic -iþō, from Proto-Indo-European -iteh₂ — -th.

bredd (Swedish): width, breadth

Definitions

  1. width, breadth

Ancestry of “bredd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsebreiddbreadth
2Proto-Germanicbraidiþōbreadth
3Proto-Germanic-iþō-ness, -th
4Proto-Indo-European-iteh₂-th

Words derived from “bredd”

  • kolumnbredd
  • spaltbredd
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