Proto-Germanic

*bregdaną

‘to flicker, flutter, jerk, tug, twitch, flinch, move, swing’

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

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

• braid ← braiden ← breġdan ← *bregdan
• bridle ← bridel ← brīdel ← *brigdil ← *brigdilaz
• braiding ← breydynge ← breiden ← breġdan ← *bregdan
• upbraid ← upbreiden ← upbreġdan ← breġdan ← *bregdan

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *bregdaną