Where does “brode” come from?

brode (Yola) comes from Middle English brood, from Old English brād, from Proto-West Germanic braid, from Proto-Germanic braidaz — broad, wide.

brode (Yola): broad

Definitions

  1. broad

Ancestry of “brode”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishbroodbroad
2Old Englishbrādbroad, flat, open, extended, spacious, wide,...
3Proto-West Germanicbraidbroad, wide
4Proto-Germanicbraidazbroad, wide
Every word from Proto-Germanic braidaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic braid →Every word from Old English brād →