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

Definitions

  1. wide, broad; width

Ancestry of “ברייט”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanbreitbroad, large
2Proto-West Germanicbraidbroad, wide
3Proto-Germanicbraidazbroad, wide

Words derived from “ברייט”

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