Proto-Germanic

*braidaz

‘broad, wide’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *braidaz.

4 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *braidaz, most familiar first.

• broad ← brood ← brād ← *braid
• bread ← brede ← brǣdu ← *braidį̄
• brisling ← bretling ← *brêd ← brēd ← *braid
• waybread ← weybrede ← weġbrǣde ← *wegabraidā ← *weg

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *braidaz