Where does “ברייט” come from?
ברייט (Yiddish) comes from Old High German breit, from Proto-West Germanic braid, from Proto-Germanic braidaz — broad, wide.
ברייט (Yiddish): wide, broad; width
Ancestry of “ברייט”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old High German | breit | broad, large |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | braid | broad, wide |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | braidaz | broad, wide |